It's All True

It's All True was the title of an unfinished Orson Welles feature film of three stories about Latin America. "My Friend Bonito" was shot in 1941 and both "The Story of Samba" and "Four Men on a Raft" in 1942. It was the subject of a 1993 documentary written and directed by Richard Wilson, Bill Krohn and Myron Meisel. In 1941, Welles planned to release a film in four parts initially known as Pan American. The project quickly evolted into It's All ... more

It's All True was the title of an unfinished Orson Welles feature film of three stories about Latin America. "My Friend Bonito" was shot in 1941 and both "The Story of Samba" and "Four Men on a Raft" in 1942. It was the subject of a 1993 documentary written and directed by Richard Wilson, Bill Krohn and Myron Meisel. In 1941, Welles planned to release a film in four parts initially known as Pan American. The project quickly evolted into It's All True. The four original sections were "Jam Session". "Love Story", "Bonito the Bull", and "Captain's Chair". The overall theme of the film was to be showing the broad variety of American life. Jam Session was conceived as a story of jazz following it from its roots to place in American culture in 1940s. The title was later changed to "The Story of Jazz". Welles contacted Duke Ellington in the summer of 1941 asking his participation as a co-author, co-director, and musical supervisor. Welles put Ellington under contract at $1,000 a week for the... less