Louis: A Silent Film with Live Musical Performance

Louis is a silent film by Dan Pritzker, starring Anthony Coleman, Shanti Lowry, Academy Award nominee Jackie Earl Haley, and Michael Rooker. It will be presented with music performed live by Wynton Marsalis and classical pianist Cecile Licad, along with an all-star jazz ensemble. Shot by Oscar-winning cinematographer the late Vilmos Zsigmond, Louis is a modern re-imagining of early silent film with a musical score by Pulitzer Prize winner Wynton Marsalis and L.M. Gottschalk. The film is an homage to Louis Armstrong, Charlie Chaplin, beautiful women, and the birth of American music. This film is rated R.