Director Daniel Pritzker talks about his new movie, “Bolden”.

We at The Syncopated Times are excited about the potential the new Buddy Bolden movie has to excite people about early jazz, and have made a decision to be there for people who see the movie and want to learn more. As part of our extensive coverage of Buddy Bolden, the man, the legend, and his music, I interviewed the director of the film, Daniel Pritzker.The making of the film is a saga that might well be the plot of a movie itself. One with a happy ending. Pritzker got the idea for a film not long after learning of Buddy Bolden and began writing the script in the late 1990s. Filming itself began in 2007, and after casting changes more film was shot throughout this decade. Much happened along the way. That the movie was completed at all is a credit to Pritzker's devotion to the project. Here we are in 2019, with the film premiering on May 3rd. Hallelujah!TST: Much of Bolden’s life remains a mystery and many of the few things we thought we knew about him have proven to be rumor. Given how little is known conjecture is inevitable. How did you go about researching Bolden and how did you balance that with the need to make a compelling film?DP: The first time I heard Bolden’s name I felt that the story was bigger than the man. Bolden’s story is American mythology and I wanted to paint a picture of the fabric of the time in which Bolden made his music. I had no interest in making a �