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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