I Called Him Morgan

Synopsis

Part jazz history, part true-crime tale, Kasper Collin’s new documentary employs extensive archival footage and new interviews to tell the tragic story of the magnificently talented trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife Helen, who murdered him in a New York bar in 1972.

Watch the trailer

When & where

Streaming on

• Night Flight Plus↗

Top of the call sheet

• 
  Lee Morgan
  as Self (archive material)
• H
  Helen Morgan
  as Self (archive material)
• 
  Wayne Shorter
  as Self
• 
  Larry Reni Thomas
  as Self
• J
  Judith Johnson
  as Self
• 
  Jymie Merritt
  as Self

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