Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

2022 · 104 MIN · IMDB 8.4 · DIR. Sacha Jenkins

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Overview

Never-before-heard personal recordings and archival footage tell the story of Louis Armstrong's life from his perspective. From musical phenom to civil rights activist to world-renowned artist, this illuminating film shows sides of Armstrong few have seen.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,580 lines

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00:00:17 I think it's time now to sweeten the air
00:07:12 He had his own study. It was taboo to everyone.
00:12:10 In New Orleans, we're, quite naturally,
00:16:33 But we lived and, uh, enjoyed good food. And--
00:20:18 …and brighten it up
00:24:19 Everybody talks about Hendrix and "The Star-Spangled Banner."
00:28:11 So he said, "Well, I gotta do something."
00:31:44 -♪ Dinah ♪ -
00:36:10 The whole business end of music at that time
00:39:47 Talking about my cornet.
00:43:26 -You know what I'm talking about. -Herbs. Right.
00:47:28 On the road, he couldn't find no place to eat, sleep, or use the toilet.
00:51:14 I guess, more than all of the laws,
00:55:16 And he's talking to all of 'em.
01:00:23 Lucille, how did he propose? I mean--
01:04:15 I said, "You have to remember, I have been working for 13 years.
01:09:20 I should say that it is rather we,
01:13:50 'Cause sooner or later, man, he might have got hurt up there.
01:17:49 or the kind of way Black people acted in films,
01:22:33 when people did something that he felt-- I guess the word would be "unethical."
01:26:48 they-- I don't know why, but, uh, when they throw their…
01:30:59 When you return to the United States,
01:35:19 because, uh, there's so much in "Wonderful World"
01:43:24 -Nice looking boy, ain't he? -

Cast & Characters

Louis Armstrong Self (archive footage) Nas Self Wynton Marsalis Self
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage)
Orson Welles Self (archive footage)
Archie Shepp Self (voice) (archive sound)
Count Basie Self (voice) (archive sound)
Lucille Armstrong Self (voice) (archive sound)
Dan Morganstern Self
Steve Allen Self (voice) (archive sound)
Edward R. Marrow Self (archive footage)
Danny Baker Self- Voice
George Jones Self (voice) (archive sound)
Mike Douglas Self (archive footage)
Jelly Roll Morton Self (voice) (archive sound)
James Baldwin Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix Self (archive footage)
Dick Cavett Self (archive footage)
Tommy Rockwell Self (archive footage)
Ray Charles Self (archive footage)
Sam Cooke Self (archive footage)
James Brown Self (archive footage) John Lennon Self (archive footage) Paul McCartney Self (archive footage) George Harrison Self (archive footage) Ringo Starr Self (archive footage)
Leonard Bernstein Self (archive footage)
Al Capone Self (archive footage)
Ed Sullivan Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr. Self (archive footage)
James Stewart Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage) Bing Crosby Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage) Barbra Streisand Self (archive footage)
Miles Davis Self (voice) (archive sound)
Slim Thompson Self (voice) (archive sound)
Ossie Davis Self (archive footage) Sammy Davis Jr. Self (archive footage) John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Walter Cronkite Self (voice) (archive sound)

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,580
Dialogue density15.2 lines / min
First line00:00:17
Final line01:43:24

Production Record

DirectorSacha Jenkins
LanguageEnglish

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