Bolden

Release Date: May 3, 2019

Running Time: 108 min

Rating: R

Director: Dan Pritzker

Producer: Jon Cornick, Dan Pritzker and Michele Tayler

Cast: Gary Carr, Erik LaRay Harvey, Yaya DaCosta, Reno Wilson, Karimah Westbrook, JoNell Kennedy, Robert Ri’chard, Serena Reeder with Michael Rooker and Ian McShane

Synopsis: An upcoming drama directed by Dan Pritzker,  imagines the compelling, powerful and tragic journey of Buddy Bolden, the unsung American hero who invented Jazz.  With  little biographical information known and no found recordings of his music, the film’s narrative composes fragmented memories of his past, against the political and social context in which his revolutionary music was conceived. Starring Gary Carr as Bolden with original music written, arranged and performed by Wynton Marsalis,  BOLDEN invites you to experience a world fueled by passion, greed and musical genius, in early 1900s New Orleans.