Mo' Better Blues
Status:
Released
Production:
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Aired:
1990-08-03
Mo' Better Blues
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
Drama
Music
Characters
Denzel Washington
Bleek Gilliam
Spike Lee
Giant
Wesley Snipes
Shadow Henderson (Sax)
Giancarlo Esposito
Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
John Turturro
Moe Flatbush
Nicholas Turturro
Josh Flatbush
Robin Harris
Butterbean Jones
Joie Lee
Indigo
Charlie Murphy
Eggy
Cynda Williams
Clarke Bentancourt
Flavor Flav
Impatient Movie Patron
Bill Nunn
Bottom Hammer
Dick Anthony Williams
Big Stop Williams
Samuel L. Jackson
Madlock
Tracy Camilla Johns
Club Patron
Coati Mundi
Roberto
Scot Anthony Robinson
Cooley
Abbey Lincoln
Lillian Gilliam
Rubén Blades
Petey
Diahann Carroll
Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)
Leonard L. Thomas
Rod