Movie Description
The Jazz Ambassadors
(2018)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?
Featured Crew
- Director : Hugo Berkeley
- Producer : Mick Csáky
- Editor : Nse Asuquo
- Cast : Leslie Odom Jr.,Quincy Jones,Dizzy Gillespie,Louis Armstrong,Darius Brubeck,Bill Crow,Duke Ellington,Charlie Persip
Cast
Narrator
Self
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self
Self
Self (archive footage)
Self
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Facts
Original TitleThe Jazz Ambassadors
Status Released
Release Information
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2018-05-04
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 00m
Homepagehttp://www.pbs.org/show/jazz-ambassadors/
Production CompaniesNormal Life Pictures,Antelope
Genres
- Documentary
