The Jazz Ambassadors (2018)

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

• Documentary

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?

Rating

7 / 10 (2 votes)

Release date

May 4, 2018

Runtime

1h 00m

Language

English

Director

Hugo Berkeley

Status

Released