The Life and Death of Lee Morgan

Documentary of the Week | Mar 24, 2017

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

 

For more information, click here to visit the official film web site.

Be alert for scams. WNYC never asks for nor accepts money for coverage or interviews. Anyone making such a request does not represent WNYC.

WNYC is funded by sponsors and member donations

Top Stories

Darializa Avila-Chevalier on Mamdani, ICE and the NYPD

Who’s Running This Place |

Has MAGA Lost Faith in Donald Trump? Plus, Molly Fischer on Waymo

Rich Baris, a pollster supportive of MAGA, explains how the President lost control of his movement. And Fischer, a New Yorker staff writer, on the present and future of driverless cars.
The New Yorker Radio Hour |

Watch: Test your news knowledge with Brian Lehrer

Brian Lehrer leads special guests in a multi-round quiz of news oddities.
Radiolab |

A Nobel Peace Prize Winner on the State of Press Freedom and Democracy

The Brian Lehrer Show |
YOU ARE ONLINE