Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

104 mins | Documentary | Oct. 27, 2022

An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home recordings and personal conversations. This definitive documentary honors Armstrong's legacy as a founding father of jazz, one of the first internationally known and beloved stars, and a cultural ambassador of the United States.

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

104 mins | Documentary | Oct. 27, 2022

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home recordings and personal conversations. This definitive documentary honors Armstrong's legacy as a founding father of jazz, one of the first internationally known and beloved stars, and a cultural ambassador of the United States.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Imagine Documentaries, Polygram
Original title Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Directors Sacha Jenkins
Writers

Cast

Louis Armstrong

as Self (archive footage)

Nas

as Self

Wynton Marsalis

as Self

Dwight D. Eisenhower

as Self (Archival Footage)