The Jazz Ambassadors
2018 • 1h 0m
70%
“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?
Documentary
Release Date
5/4/2018
Status
Released
Original Title
The Jazz Ambassadors
Runtime
1h 0m
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Language
EN
Production Companies
Normal Life Pictures
Antelope
