Jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam makes questionable decisions in his professional and romantic lives.
Director: Spike Lee
Stars: Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100168/
8 songs in the Soundtracks; 7 are Written and performed by Branford Marsalis Quartet and Terence Blanchard. The music is very nice.
Lots of familiar faces from prior SL films, although this is the first for DW, WS & one of the female leads.
Unlike the 2 prior films, this is not about racism. We have a couple of white characters (brothers Turturro, and a white gf for one of the black men) and a Latino (Ruben Blades), but the cast is otherwise black. The subjects of the film are jazz musicians, gambling, lack of commitment in relationships (DW juggles 2 women who know there is another.)
Bleek is aptly named. This story is bleek, although his worst troubles are caused by another. He was warned by more than 1 friend to jettison that other, although they may not have known how bad it could get.
Good film.
Good film.
Universal & more, dir. Lee; 7
