Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Release: 2022-09-08
·Runtime: 104m
·★ 6.7
Documentary
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Imagine Documentaries
Polygram Entertainment
Imagine Entertainment
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Sammy Davis Jr.
as Self (archive footage)
Steve Allen
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
Danny Baker
as Self- Voice
Jimi Hendrix
as Self (archive footage)
George Harrison
as Self (archive footage)
Slim Thompson
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
Nas
as Self
Dwight D. Eisenhower
as Self (archive footage)
John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
Ossie Davis
as Self (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
George Jones
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
Sam Cooke
as Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr
as Self (archive footage)
Leonard Bernstein
as Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
as Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
as Self (archive footage)
Ed Sullivan
as Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney
as Self (archive footage)
James Stewart
as Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
Wynton Marsalis
as Self
Orson Welles
as Self (archive footage)
Archie Shepp
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
Mike Douglas
as Self (archive footage)
James Baldwin
as Self (archive footage)
Ray Charles
as Self (archive footage)
Al Capone
as Self (archive footage)
Dick Cavett
as Self (archive footage)
James Brown
as Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby
as Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage)
Barbra Streisand
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
as Self (archive footage)
Count Basie
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
Miles Davis
as Self (voice) (archive sound)