Film · 2018 · Documentary
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?
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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?
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The Jazz Ambassadors (2018) is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The 1h 0m documentary directed by Hugo Berkeley is rated 7.0/10 by 2 viewers.
The Jazz Ambassadors was released on May 4, 2018.
The Jazz Ambassadors was directed by Hugo Berkeley.
The Jazz Ambassadors has a runtime of 60 minutes (1h 0m).
The Jazz Ambassadors is categorized as Documentary.
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