Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMK2 Films (“Maria By Callas,” “Portrait of A Lady On Fire”) has pulled out of “Louis Armstrong: The Cause of Happiness,” after the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation said they were not collaborators on the project, as previously indicated.MK2 Films announced on June 23 during the virtual Cannes market that it was handling international sales on the film.
The documentary feature, produced by Fanny Glissant (“Slavery Routes”) and Gaël Leiblang (“Maria By Callas”), was presented as an event documentary made with the backing of the Louis Armstrong Foundation to mark the 50th anniversary of Armstrong’s death.However, the New York-based org has now come forward stating they were not, in fact, involved.
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