Louis Armstrong Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/louis-armstrong/ What to Watch Tue, 24 Sep 2024 17:20:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png Louis Armstrong Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/louis-armstrong/ 32 32 SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT Trailer: Sundance-Winning Documentary Uncovers a Hidden History Between the CIA and Jazz https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/soundtrack-to-a-coup-detat-cia-jazz/ Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:47:58 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=51693 Johan Grimonprez's Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

What did Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, and other jazz musicians have to do with the CIA? Director Johan Gimonprez gives a mindblowing, yet jazzy account of the hidden connection between these famous figures and the agency’s […]

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]]> SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/soundtrack-to-a-coup-detat/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:51:01 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=49922 Still from Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

(The 2024 Sundance Film Festival runs January 18-28. Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The late (not so great) Henry Kissinger was, very much to a […]

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]]> IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/if-beale-street-could-talk-review/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 20:46:52 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=30568

The facts are not enough. If Beale Could Street is a superb example of aesthetics and story melding in flawless harmony.

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]]> ON THE FRINGE, PART FOUR: KILLER OF SHEEP (1978) https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/on-the-fringe-4/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 20:49:20 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=29303 Accepting his long overdue honorary Oscar at the Academy Awards this year, the soft-spoken, wide-eyed filmmaker Charles Burnett first thanked all his friends and supporters present for their support, particularly those who were there back in the days when he “didn’t have […]

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