Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues” offers 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, directed by Sacha Jenkins, 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. The film shows how Armstrong’s own life spans the shift from the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement, and how he became a lightning rod figure in that turbulent era.

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TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 8: Sacha Jenkins, Director/Producer, attends the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival red carpet premiere of Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" premieres globally on Apple TV+ on October 28, 2022.
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 8: Jackie Harris, Executive Director at Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc., attends the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival red carpet premiere of Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" premieres globally on Apple TV+ on October 28, 2022.
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 8: Jackie Harris, Executive Director at Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc., attends the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival red carpet premiere of Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" premieres globally on Apple TV+ on October 28, 2022.
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 8: Jackie Harris, Executive Director at Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc., attends the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival red carpet premiere of Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" premieres globally on Apple TV+ on October 28, 2022.
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 8: Terence Blanchard attends the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival red carpet premiere of Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" premieres globally on Apple TV+ on October 28, 2022.
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 8: Terence Blanchard attends the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival red carpet premiere of Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" premieres globally on Apple TV+ on October 28, 2022.
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 8: Terence Blanchard attends the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival red carpet premiere of Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" premieres globally on Apple TV+ on October 28, 2022.
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 8: Julie Anderson, Producer, attends the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival red carpet premiere of Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" premieres globally on Apple TV+ on October 28, 2022.
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 8: Julie Anderson, Producer, attends the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival red carpet premiere of Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" at TIFF Bell Lightbox. ÒLouis ArmstrongÕs Black & Blues" premieres globally on Apple TV+ on October 28, 2022.
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 8: Justin Wilkes, Producer, attends the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival red carpet premiere of Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" premieres globally on Apple TV+ on October 28, 2022.
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 8: Justin Wilkes, Producer, attends the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival red carpet premiere of Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" premieres globally on Apple TV+ on October 28, 2022.
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 8: Sara Bernstein, Producer, attends the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival red carpet premiere of Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" premieres globally on Apple TV+ on October 28, 2022.
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 8: Sara Bernstein, Producer, attends the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival red carpet premiere of Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" premieres globally on Apple TV+ on October 28, 2022.
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 8: Jackie Harris, Executive Director at Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc., Justin Wilkes, Producer, Sara Bernstein, Producer, Thom Powers, Senior International Programmer, TIFF Docs, Sacha Jenkins, Director/Producer, Julie Anderson, Producer, and Terence Blanchard attend the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival red carpet premiere of ÒLouis ArmstrongÕs Black & BluesÓ at TIFF Bell Lightbox. ÒLouis ArmstrongÕs Black & Blues" premieres globally on Apple TV+ on October 28, 2022.
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 8: Justin Wilkes, Producer, and Sara Bernstein, Producer, attend the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival red carpet premiere of Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" premieres globally on Apple TV+ on October 28, 2022.
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 8: Justin Wilkes, Producer, and Sara Bernstein, Producer, attend the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival red carpet premiere of Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" premieres globally on Apple TV+ on October 28, 2022.
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 8: Justin Wilkes, Producer, Sacha Jenkins, Director/Producer, and Sara Bernstein, Producer, attend the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival red carpet premiere of Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" premieres globally on Apple TV+ on October 28, 2022.
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 8: Jackie Harris, Executive Director at Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc., attends the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival red carpet premiere of Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Apple's "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" premieres globally on Apple TV+ on October 28, 2022.
WHO
Director: Sacha Jenkins
Producers: Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes, Sacha Jenkins, Julie Anderson
Executive Producers: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Michele Anthony, David Blackman
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September 28, 2022
September 28, 2022
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