The Jazz Ambassadors - (2018)Released

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?

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Normal Life PicturesAntelope

Spoken Languages

English

Release Date

2018-05-04

Budget

N/A