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The Jazz Ambassadors(2018)

05/04/2018 (US)Documentary1h 0m
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The untold story of America's coolest weapon in the Cold War

Overview

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?

Hugo Berkeley

Director

Movie Cast

Leslie Odom Jr. photo

Leslie Odom Jr.

Narrator

Quincy Jones photo

Quincy Jones

Self

Dizzy Gillespie photo

Dizzy Gillespie

Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong photo

Louis Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

Darius Brubeck photo

Darius Brubeck

Self

Bill Crow photo

Bill Crow

Self

Duke Ellington photo

Duke Ellington

Self (archive footage)

Charlie Persip photo

Charlie Persip

Self

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

BudgetNot Given

RevenueNot Given

Production CompanyNormal Life Pictures

Original LanguageEnglish

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