

Louie Bluie
Visit website7.5/10 • 12
1985-11-13 • 1h 0m
Filmed at the 1985 Friscofest
Crumb director Terry Zwigoff’s first film is a true treat: a documentary about the obscure country-blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America. As beguiling a raconteur as he is a performer, Louie makes for a wildly entertaining movie subject, and Zwigoff honors him with an unsentimental but endlessly affectionate tribute. Full of infectious music and comedy, Louie Bluie is a humane evocation of the kind of pop-cultural marginalia that Zwigoff would continue to excavate in the coming years.
- Directors
- Terry Zwigoff
- Editors
- Victoria Lewis

Louie Bluie
Visit website1985-11-13 • 1h 0m
7.5/10 • 12
Filmed at the 1985 Friscofest
Crumb director Terry Zwigoff’s first film is a true treat: a documentary about the obscure country-blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America. As beguiling a raconteur as he is a performer, Louie makes for a wildly entertaining movie subject, and Zwigoff honors him with an unsentimental but endlessly affectionate tribute. Full of infectious music and comedy, Louie Bluie is a humane evocation of the kind of pop-cultural marginalia that Zwigoff would continue to excavate in the coming years.
- Directors
- Terry Zwigoff
- Editors
- Victoria Lewis
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsHoward Armstrong
Himself
Ted Bogan
Himself
Jay Lynch
Himself
Yank Rachell
Himself
Ikey Robinson
Himself
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