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04/05/2018 Documentary 1h 0m
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The untold story of America's coolest weapon in the Cold War

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?

  1. Hugo Berkeley

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Leslie Odom Jr.

    Narrator

  2. Quincy Jones

    Self

  3. Dizzy Gillespie

    Self (archive footage)

  4. Louis Armstrong

    Self (archive footage)

  5. Darius Brubeck

    Self

  6. Bill Crow

    Self

  7. Duke Ellington

    Self (archive footage)

  8. Charlie Persip

    Self

  9. View more

Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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