The jazz ambassadors
(DVD)
Contributors
Csáky, Mick television producer.
Berkeley, Hugo, television director.
Odom, Leslie, Jr., 1981- narrator.
Lascaris, Andre, director of photography.
Aukema, Dewald, director of photography.
Berkeley, Hugo, television director.
Odom, Leslie, Jr., 1981- narrator.
Lascaris, Andre, director of photography.
Aukema, Dewald, director of photography.
Published
[Arlington, VA] : PBS, [2018].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Main Library - Media
DVD 781.65 Jaz
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DVD 781.65 Jaz
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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Published
[Arlington, VA] : PBS, [2018].
Language
English
UPC
841887036733, 00841887036733
Notes
General Note
Title from web page.
General Note
Originally broadcast in 2018.
General Note
Wide screen (16x9).
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Andre Lascaris, Dewald Aukema ; editor, Nse Asuquo ; music, Michael J. McEvoy.
Participants/Performers
Narrator, Leslie Odom, Jr.
Description
In 1955, as the Soviet Union's pervasive propaganda about the U.S. and American racism spread globally, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. convinced President Eisenhower that jazz was the best way to intervene in the Cold War cultural conflict. For the next decade, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and Dave Brubeck traveled the globe to perform as cultural ambassadors.
Description
Through archival footage, photos, and radio clips, examines how American jazz musicians traveled the world as cultural ambassadors promoting the image of tolerant America while simultaneously fighting racism and segregation in the United States.
System Details
DVD, region 1, NTSC; wide screen (16x9); stereo.
Language
In English; subtitled in English for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Cold War -- History.
Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States.
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Jazz -- 1951-1960 -- History.
Jazz -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States.
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Jazz -- 1951-1960 -- History.
Jazz -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Subjects