Follow the life of a fictional jazz trumpet player, Bleek Gilliam (Denzel Washington), through a series of bad decisions that jeopardizes both his relationships and his playing career. Featuring the music of the Branford Marsalis Quartet and set in Bed-Stuy, near where previous Lee films took place, Mo’ Better Blues focuses on a very different set of Brooklynites as they struggle to balance complicated personal and professional lives in and around the world of jazz. 1990, USA, DCP, 130 min.
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