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Synopsis

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, The Rolling Stones, The Fugees and Dr. Dre and Bolden is where it all began. Weaving together distant memories of his past, BOLDEN immerses you in a world fueled by passion, greed and genius in early 1900s New Orleans.

Cast

  • Gary Carr
  • Erik LaRay Harvey
  • Ian McShane
  • Michael Rooker
  • Yaya DaCosta
  • Reno Wilson
  • Robert Ri'chard
  • Karimah Westbrook
  • JoNell Kennedy
  • Kearia Schroeder

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Magnificent in all ways.

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Metacritic

63
May 3, 2019

The result is sometimes dizzying, enchanting or confounding, but it is certainly never boring.

Metacritic review by Monica Castillo
Monica Castillo
RogerEbert.com
40
May 2, 2019

What we end up with is a film that contains many fine moments -- the young Bolden's discovery of rhythm, an imagined discussion on musical improvisation between Bolden and clarinetist George Baquet, a look at racial politics of the day -- but those moments don't quite coalesce into a consistently satisfying whole.

Metacritic review by Mike Scott
Mike Scott
New Orleans Times-Picayune
60
May 2, 2019

Unfortunately, the film, costarring Erik LaRay Harvey, Robert Ri’chard and Ian McShane, turns overly violent, raw and showy, undermining the glorious music (written, arranged and performed by Wynton Marsalis), superb period re-creation and Carr’s powerful lead turn.

Metacritic review by Gary Goldstein
Gary Goldstein
Los Angeles Times