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Film · 1999
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
1h 4mDirected by John Akomfrah
Louis Armstrong is one of the most recognizable figures in jazz, with his incomparable trumpet playing and beaming smile. This video profiles Armstrong from his humble beginnings in New Orleans through his career as America's Ambassador of Good Will. Film clips, vintage photographs and interviews with family, friends, fellow musicians and Armstrong himself are woven together to tell the story of this legendary personality.
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Cast
Danny GloverNarrator (voice)
Louis ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)- Lillian HardinSelf
- Gary GiddinsSelf
Stanley CrouchSelf
George AvakianSelf- Laurence BergreenSelf
- Mollyne KarnofskySelf
- Milton GablerSelf
- Jack BradleySelf
John BarrySelf
Details
- Director
- John Akomfrah
- Cinematography
- Dewald Aukema
- Editor
- Ian Meller
- Producer
- Lina Gopaul, David Lawson
- Release
- August 27, 1999
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
- Language
- English
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