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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)106 minDocumentary, MusicRating 57/100

This documentary honors the musician's legacy as a founding father of jazz. The film shows how Armstrong's life spans the shift from the Civil War to the civil rights movement, and how he became a lightning rod figure in that turbulent era.

Cast: Louis Armstrong, Nas, Wynton Marsalis, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Orson Welles, Archie Shepp, Count Basie

Director: Sacha Jenkins