Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

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.

Louis Armstrong

(Self (archive footage))

Nas

Wynton Marsalis

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

Steve Allen

(Self (voice) (archive sound))

Edward R. Marrow

(Self (archive footage))

Danny Baker

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))