The Life and Death of Lee Morgan

 Lee and Helen Morgan in 1970, subjects of the documentary I CALLED HIM MORGAN, directed by Kasper Collin.

The documentary “I Called Him Morgan” is a moody investigation into the life and death of the trumpet player Lee Morgan. In 1972, Morgan was shot and killed in a New York bar by his common law wife Helen. Swedish filmmaker Kasper Collins spent several years trying to understand her crime of passion.

— Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen

 

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