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Production countries: US
Origin countries: US
Language: EN
Spoken: English
Production: Normal Life Pictures, Antelope
Budget: N/A
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cold warjazz singer or musiciancivil rightsracial segregationjim crow lawsrace relations

Production countries: US
Origin countries: US
Language: EN
Spoken: English
Production: Normal Life Pictures, Antelope
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A

cold warjazz singer or musiciancivil rightsracial segregationjim crow lawsrace relations

The Jazz Ambassadors

Released 04 May, 2018 1h

The Jazz Ambassadors

Released 04 May, 2018 1h

Directed by Hugo Berkeley

The untold story of America's coolest weapon in the Cold War

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?

Directed by Hugo Berkeley