A Man Called Adam on Blu-ray, DVD and digital [read more]
Happy 120th birthday, Louis!
LOUIS ARMSTRONG – BORN ON THIS DAY
4 AUGUST 1901
Louis Armstrong performing "Back O' Town Blues" in a clip from A Man Called Adam: just click the link above to view.
A MAN CALLED ADAM is a musical drama which tackles racism in 1960s America - a fascinating and important example of black film history and an evocative celebration of the 60s jazz era.
Directed by Leo Penn and produced by Ike Jones (the first African American to produce a Hollywood film) A MAN CALLED ADAM features a largely all-black cast led by Sammy Davis Jr. with Louis Armstrong, Cicely Tyson and Ossie Davis with Mel Tormé, Frank Sinatra Jr. and Peter Lawford. Morgan Freeman is also featured as an uncredited extra.
The restored version of A MAN CALLED ADAM recently screened at the Cinema Rediscovered Festival at Bristol's Watershed and will be shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 20 August as part of the Restored Classics Strand and is available to buy on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital from 16TH AUGUST.
