The Jazz Ambassadors
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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? Narrated by Leslie Odom, Jr. An THIRTEEN/Antelope/Normal Life Pictures production for BBC and ZDF, in association with Arte. thejazzambassadors.com

WINNER PEABODY DOCUMENTARY AWARD 2019
WINNER BEST DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR Harlem International Film Festival 2018
OFFICIAL SELECTION AMERICAN FILM SHOWCASE 2019-2020
OFFICIAL SELECTION FULL FRAME DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL 2018