{"id":19609,"date":"2021-04-13T13:24:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T18:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=19609"},"modified":"2021-04-13T13:24:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T18:24:40","slug":"apple-original-films-announces-definitive-louis-armstrong-documentary-black-blues-the-colorful-ballad-of-louis-armstrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/13\/apple-original-films-announces-definitive-louis-armstrong-documentary-black-blues-the-colorful-ballad-of-louis-armstrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Original Films Announces Definitive Louis Armstrong Documentary &#8220;Black &#038; Blues: The Colorful Ballad of Louis Armstrong&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19610\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/louie-armstrong_une.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/louie-armstrong_une.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/louie-armstrong_une-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apple Original Films announces definitive Louis Armstrong documentary &#8220;<strong><em>Black &amp; Blues: The Colorful Ballad of Louis Armstrong<\/em><\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Imagine-produced documentary feature tells Armstrong&#8217;s story entirely through the revolutionary musician&#8217;s own words<\/p><div id=\"morty-3149989990\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Apple Original Films announced today that it has greenlit the anticipated Louis Armstrong documentary feature &#8220;Black &amp; Blues: The Colorful Ballad of Louis Armstrong&#8221; from Brian Grazer and Ron Howard&#8217;s Imagine Documentaries to join its Academy Award-nominated feature film slate.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary, which is produced under Apple&#8217;s first-look agreement with Imagine Documentaries, will be directed by Emmy-nominated Sacha Jenkins (&#8220;Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men&#8221;), and produced by Jenkins, Julie Anderson, Sara Bernstein, and Justin Wilkes. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard serve as executive producers. The project is being produced in association with Universal Music Group&#8217;s Polygram Entertainment with Michele Anthony and David Blackman serving as executive producers.<\/p>\n<p>The film offers a definitive look at the master musician&#8217;s life and legacy as a founding father of jazz, the first pop star, and a cultural ambassador of the United States. He was loved by millions worldwide but often mischaracterized for not doing enough to support the civil rights movement. In reality, his fight for social justice was fueled by his celebrity and his willingness to break his silence on issues of segregation and patriotism. 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