5. Louie Bluie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qv9HEc2-EE Terry Zwigoff divides his debut documentary between a primer on the history of country blues music and a portrait of forgotten member of the scene Howard "Louis Bluie" Armstrong. Armstrong and his fellow musicians are celebrated as well as accurately portrayed as living in their modern, less-than-glamorous lifestyle. The film portrays an outsider in the present world - Armstrong's musical stylings and artistic outlook have been replaced with the various movements of music that have occurred since his performances would have been considered relevant. Armstrong walks around Chicago and balks at concepts of modernity, specifically a Picasso sculpture erected outside of an office building. He calls it nothing but "a whole lotta money, a big bunch of bullsh*t down the drain." Armstrong is a relic and while the film focuses on it, it does not decry it. Though ultimately, the documentary is infused with a particular optimism for those who belong to a movement that society has deemed "irrelevant." It explains that as long as you can belong to a pocket of creators that support you as much as you support them, you can remain at peace with your art and your lifestyle.