

Bolden
Details
This evocative and thought-provoking movie delves into Buddy Bolden's defining moments, showcasing his immense talent and innovative music style that helped shape the jazz genre. Through a series of flashbacks, the narrative explores his rise to fame, his struggles with mental illness, and his ultimate descent into obscurity.
Director Dan Pritzker skillfully recreates the vibrant atmosphere of New Orleans, immersing audiences in the rich sights and sounds of the city's music scene. The film's standout feature is its soundtrack, which is filled with energetic jazz performances that perfectly capture the spirit and energy of the era.
Featuring a stellar cast that includes Gary Carr as Buddy Bolden, the movie brilliantly portrays the complexities of the enigmatic musician. Carr's performance is magnetic, capturing the raw emotion and intensity that defined Bolden's character.
Bolden is a visually stunning and enthralling film that offers a unique and visionary take on the life of Buddy Bolden. Music lovers, history buffs, and fans of powerful storytelling will find themselves transported to a time when jazz was born, and its first champion forever left his mark.
Also Known As:
BoldenWriters:
Dan Pritzker, David RothschildAwards:
2 nominationsPeople also search for
A drug dealer tries to get out of the life and start anew with his girlfriend, but the transition is tragically difficult.
Category: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Tragedy
Stars: Wesley Snipes, Michael Wright, Khandi Alexander
Lucie (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) presumes that her husband Paul (Daniel Auteuil) - an older neurosurgeon - has an affair. Indeed, Paul behaves strange lately, but the truth behind it is dark and complicated.
Category: Drama
Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Kristin Scott Thomas, Leïla Bekhti
Jack's thinking of a gap-year traveling with a friend before college, when he meets a cute French girl and her friends in London.
Category: Drama, Romantic
Stars: Will Poulter, Jamie Blackley, Geraldine Somerville
A New Englander and his odd family run a hotel in Vienna, as unexpected events change their lives forever.
Category: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Rob Lowe, Jodie Foster, Paul McCrane
Set in 1930s Ukraine, as Stalin advances the ambitions of communists in the Kremlin, young artist Yuri battles to save his lover Natalka from the Holodomor, the death-by-starvation program that ultimately killed millions of Ukrainians.
Category: Drama, History, romance, Romantic, War
Stars: Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Terence Stamp
Young siblings Abby and Ethan are adopted by outwardly perfect parents Eve and Raymond Goode, only to find that that their new guardian's remote mansion is far from the idyllic abode that it initially appears to be.
Category: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Stars: Angie Harmon, Joel Gretsch, Jordan Danger, Bobby Coleman
A documentary filmmaker and her fellow Generation X graduates face life after college, looking for work and love in Houston.
Category: Comedy, Drama, romance, Romantic
Stars: Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Janeane Garofalo
A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.
Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Music
Stars: Demetri Martin, Henry Goodman, Edward Hibbert
Leonard Fife, one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam, shares all his secrets to de-mythologize his mythologized life.
Category: Drama
Stars: Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Jacob Elordi