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Full Record for Film No. 84


Title:Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong, The
Director 1:John Akomfrah
Country:UK
Year:1999
length:65 mins
Colour/b-w:colour
Genre:documentary
Screenwriter:Edward George
Cinematographer:Dewald Aukema
Editor:Ian Meller
Producer:Lina Gopaul, David Lawson
Production company:A Smoking Dogs Film Production for BBC
Cast:
Location:TABB
TABB No.:52
Synopsis:Biographical film about the life and career of American jazz pioneer, singer and trumpet soloist Louis Armstrong, narrated by Danny Glover. Contains interviews with friends, family, musicians and experts, a choice of archival footage as well as stylized contemporary images of the locations where Armstrong lived and worked.
Keyword 1:biography
Keyword 2:music
Keyword 3:Louis Armstrong
Keyword 4:African American

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