Titled "Black & Blues: The Colorful Ballad of Louis Armstrong", the feature will be directed by Sacha Jenkins. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the documentary will examine Armstrong's life and legacy as a founding father of jazz, the first pop star and a cultural ambassador of the United States. It will also try to remove misconceptions that the trumpet player didn't contribute enough to the Civil Rights Movement. For the research, the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation granted the makers an access to a wide array of the musician's never-before-seen archival materials including hundreds of hours of audio recordings, film footage, photographs and personal diaries.