"Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" profiles the jazz great

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Thom Powers
Documentary of the Week | Oct 28, 2022

"Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" explores the legendary trumpet player and singer in all his complexity. Filmmaker Sacha Jenkins draws upon Armstrong's private audio diaries and interviews to tell his own story.

 

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