The Jazz Ambassadors

Name: The Jazz Ambassadors
Genre: Documentary
Released: 04 May 2018
Rating: 7.00
Cast: Leslie Odom Jr., Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Darius Brubeck

The untold story of America's coolest weapon in the Cold War 2018-05-04 United States of America 60 minutes.

7.00 2 votes

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The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz artists to travel the world as cultural ambassadors, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and their mixed-race band members, faced a painful dilemma: how could they represent a country that still practiced Jim Crow segregation?

Year 2018

Studio Normal Life Pictures, Antelope

Director Hugo Berkeley

Crew Nse Asuquo (Editor), Hugo Berkeley (Director), Michael J. McEvoy (Music), Mick Csáky (Producer), Dewald Aukema (Director of Photography), Andre Lascaris (Director of Photography)

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Language English