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Bolden
Directed by
Dan Pritzker
2019
1h 48m
R
Drama
,
Music
5.5
70%
42%
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A mythical account of the life of Buddy Bolden, the first Cornet King of New Orleans.
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Cast of Bolden
Gary Carr
Buddy Bolden
Michael Rooker
Pat McMurphy
Ian McShane
Judge Perry
Yaya DaCosta
Nora Bolden
Ser'Darius Blain
Willie Cornish
Reno Wilson
Louis Armstrong
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Frankie Dusen
Erik LaRay Harvey
Bartley
Robert Ri'chard
George Baquet
Karimah Westbrook
Alice Bolden
JoNell Kennedy
Ida Bass
Serena Reeder
Mavis
Christina Marie Karis
Bernadette
Kearia Schroeder
Grace
Chelsea Vale
Dancer
Tiffany Hayes
Creole Prostitute
Bolden Reviews
BET.com
Clay Cane
Considering how so many Black biopics are botched and exploitative, this film was a proper salute to the late, great Buddy Bolden.
Sly Fox
Kam Williams
Don't miss this overdue tribute to a forgotten jazz pioneer!
Observer
Oliver Jones
Most filmgoers will come away only mildly convinced of Bolden's place as jazz's inventor and even less sure that the movie they just saw spun a coherent or compelling narrative.
RogerEbert.com
Monica Castillo
Sometimes dizzying, enchanting or confounding, but it is certainly never boring.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Tim Cogshell
It's not brilliant, but it does give us a bit of a history about this figure who we know very little about.
Hollywood Reporter
Keith Uhlich
Most of the time, the imagery feels busy and labored, edited into elliptical shards and superimpositions as a way of distracting from the movie's overall hollowness.
Shadow and Act
Nadine Matthews
It's a film that is simultaneously beautiful and disturbing to watch.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
No one could ever call "Bolden," a vivid and inventive musical-drama about the unsung life of New Orleans jazz "inventor" Charles "Buddy" Bolden, a by-the-numbers biopic.
Variety
Scott Tobias
The film generalizes the story to the point of erasing the man at its center - borrowing from so many places that it ultimately amalgamates its forgotten master out of existence.
The Curvy Film Critic
Carla Renata
With an original soundtrack by Wynton Marsalis, Bolden sheds light on the tragic, tortured life of The King of New Orleans Jazz...Buddy Bolden. Reno Wilson and Yaya DaCosta are revelations and totally worth the watch!
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Bolden: King Buddy Bolden (Featurette)
Bolden: King Buddy Bolden (Featurette)
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Bolden: The Soul Of America (Featurette)
Bolden: The Soul Of America (Featurette)
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Bolden: Wynton Channeling Buddy Bolden (Featurette)
Bolden: Wynton Channeling Buddy Bolden (Featurette)
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