Episode 460: In The Seats With...Sacha Jenkins and 'Louis Armstrong: Black & Blues'

Icons aren't made, they're just formed out of the granite of life....On this episode we are diving deep back into the well that was the Toronto International Film Festival and looking at a fantastic music documentary 'Louis Armstrong: Black & Blues'.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.If you love music or are even a student of popular culture this documentary which is now streaming on Apple TV+ is an absolute must see.  Back at the festival we had the unique pleasure of sitting down with the director, the one and only Sacha Jenkins to talk about what made him want to make the film, the legacy of Louis Armstrong and so very much more....