The Jazz Ambassadors
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?
Storyline
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?
Re-Existences
7.4
Six Weeks to Twelve Years
6.1
Android Re-Enactment
7.1
Object: Alimony
6.0
(re)kindle
7.4
Re-Elected
6.9
Laid to Rest
5.4
'o Re
7.3
Re-Animated
6.4
Re-Animator Resurrectus
7.3
The Abominable Snowman
6.2
Seven Days: Friday - Sunday
6.4
Untamable Angelique
6.6
Living with Michael Jackson: A Tonight Special
5.2
S.F.W.
6.0
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
6.3
Scooby-Doo's Spookiest Tales
9.9