Inspired by the life of Buddy Bolden, the film reimagines the compelling, powerful and tragic life of an unknown American hero and the social context in which his revolutionary music was conceived. The birth of jazz was the birth of American popular culture from Louis Armstrong to Jimi Hendrix. Tanya talks to Director Daniel Pritzker and actor Reno Wilson.

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