The Jazz Ambassadors
📅 5/4/2018⏱️ 60 minutes★7.0/10
The Jazz Ambassadors
📅 5/4/2018⏱️ 60 minutes★7.0/10
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?
Release Date
May 4, 2018
Runtime
60 minutes
Rating
★7.0/10(2 votes)
Status
Released
Genres
Documentary
Cast
Content Source
Data provided by The Movie Database (TMDB).
