An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home recordings and personal conversations. This definitive documentary honors Armstrong’s legacy as a founding father of jazz, one of the first internationally known and beloved stars, and a cultural ambassador of the United States.
Genre: Documentary Actors: Al Capone, Archie Shepp, Barbra Streisand, Bing Crosby, Count Basie, Dan Morganstern, Danny Baker, Dick Cavett, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ed Sullivan, Edward R. Marrow, George Harrison, George Jones, James Baldwin, James Brown, James Stewart, Jelly Roll Morton, Jimi Hendrix, John F. Kennedy, John Lennon, Leonard Bernstein, Louis Armstrong, Lucille Armstrong, Martin Luther King Jr., Mike Douglas, Miles Davis, Nas, Orson Welles, Ossie Davis, Paul McCartney, Ray Charles, Ringo Starr, Sam Cooke, Sammy Davis Jr., Slim Thompson, Steve Allen, Tommy Rockwell, Walter Cronkite, Wynton Marsalis Directors: Sacha Jenkins Production: Imagine Documentaries, Polygram Entertainment
