Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022 · 104 MIN · IMDB 8.4 · DIR. Sacha Jenkins
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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