Sharon Preston-Folta, at home in Florida. Credit: Image Courtesy Little Satchmo Documentary LLC, Copyright 2021
Et Cultura co-founder Lea Umberger recently produced a film along with Sharon Preston-Folta—the only (and secret) child of jazz pioneer Louis Armstrong who more or less hid his kid from the world (sup, Drake?).

A press release for “Little Satchmo” says that the film “seeks to correct a historical narrative that has foundered in caricature for too long while exploring the impact of a father and child relationship at the heart of self identity and understanding legacy,” and Preston-Folta herself will participate in a Q&A with Umberger after the film screens at this local indie movie house.

This article appears in Mar 31 – Apr 6, 2022.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...