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Mo' Better Blues
UNITED STATES · 1990

Mo' Better Blues

Spike Lee
jazz music romantic indecision self-centeredness friendship and loyalty personal redemption
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Synopsis

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.

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