Bolden Film at Ritz At The Bourse

Bolden imagines the compelling, powerful and tragic journey of Buddy Bolden, the unsung American hero who many have claimed to have invented Jazz. With little biographical information 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. The birth of jazz was the birth of American popular culture influencing everything that followed in its wake—from Louis Armstrong to Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, The Fugees and Dr. Dre, Bolden is where it all began. Gary Carr (“The Deuce”) stars as Bolden, and with original music written, arranged and performed by Wynton Marsalis. Bolden invites you to experience the long lost world of New Orleans in the early 1900s—a world fueled by passion, greed and musical genius. The film co-stars Erik LaRay Harvey, Yaya DaCosta, Ian McShane and Michael Rooker. Directed and co-written by Dan Pritzker....

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Bolden imagines the compelling, powerful and tragic journey of Buddy Bolden, the unsung American hero who many have claimed to have invented Jazz. With little biographical information 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. The birth of jazz was the birth of American popular culture influencing everything that followed in its wake—from Louis Armstrong to Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, The Fugees and Dr. Dre, Bolden is where it all began. Gary Carr (“The Deuce”) stars as Bolden, and with original music written, arranged and performed by Wynton Marsalis. Bolden invites you to experience the long lost world of New Orleans in the early 1900s—a world fueled by passion, greed and musical genius. The film co-stars Erik LaRay Harvey, Yaya DaCosta, Ian McShane and Michael Rooker. Directed and co-written by Dan Pritzker.

The film screening times for the Ritz at the Bourse in Philadelphia, PA for Thursday, May 16 (which is the last day that this film will screen at the Ritz at the Bourse) are:

1:05 pm, 4:05 pm, 7:00 pm, & 9:30 pm.

The film has a running time of one hour 41 minutes and is rated R.

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