The Jazz Ambassadors Film

The untold story of when USA sent its jazz musicians to fight the Cold War. May 4, PBS & BBC / May 20, Arte & ZDF Directed by @hugobfilm @NormalLifePics @WNET

[Hugo Berkeley @hugobfilm]

@marydudziak Congratulations Mary- the @AmbassadorsJazz film would not have been possible without this book. It was such a fundamental text for my understanding of why the State Dept started sending jazz musicians around the world in 1956. Thank you!!

[The Jazz Ambassadors Film @AmbassadorsJazz]

Per gli amici e jazzisti italiani, il film è disponibile su Rai Play! https://t.co/APhHB2hq1H, Dizzy e gli ambasciatori del Jazz.

[Hugo Berkeley @hugobfilm]

If you're looking for a way to ease the lockdown blues, "The Jazz Ambassadors" is back on iPlayer! https://t.co/aOtMyT5IVy @AmbassadorsJazz @NormalLifePics #Jazz #ColdWar #Documentary #film

[Hugo Berkeley @hugobfilm]

Anyone in #moscow tomorrow night, check out the #москино free screening of my film @AmbassadorsJazz: https://t.co/T01ACLvRU7 I'll be joining via Skype...

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Huge thank you to all at @Deal_Music_Arts for showing #jazzambassadors tonight, and thanks composer @MikeMcEvoyBand for Co-hosting! A great evening.

[Peabody Awards @PeabodyAwards]

The #JazzAmbassadors tells how the US State Dept enlisted jazz greats #LouisArmstrong, #DizzyGillespie #DaveBrubeck & #DukeEllington to spread their music worldwide in an effort to combat Cold War tensions. #Peabody honored the 2018 film @AmbassadorsJazz https://t.co/oDDFIL35zK

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So proud to be honoured tonight with a so many wonderful films by @PeabodyAwards thank you to everyone involved in making this film a reality @BBCMUSIC_ @ZDF @NEHgov @wnet

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A special @PeabodyAwards thank you to all the great scholars whose work made this film a possibility: @pmve2 @NickCull @imonson Robin DG Kelley @RickyRiccardi Brenda Gayle Plummer @marydudziak @JohnHasse and many more.

[Peabody Awards @PeabodyAwards]

Here's to the @AmbassadorsJazz! The @PBS via @WNET documentary wins a #Peabody Award for being a momentous cultural achievement looking at the importance of jazz music and musicians during the Cold War. https://t.co/i4DeDbJAOM

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@FullFrame @PeabodyAwards @MindingGapFilm @thejudgefilm @IndieWire Thank’s @FullFrame - our premiere screening in Durham was one of the highlights of the whole journey.

[Full Frame Documentary Film Festival @FullFrame]

The @PeabodyAwards announced eight documentary winners. Congrats to 2018 #FullFrameAlum @MindingGapFilm, @thejudgefilm, and @AmbassadorsJazz! See the full list via @IndieWire. https://t.co/uNWm7uHc5Y

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We’re honored and humbled to be chosen amongst the @PeabodyAwards documentary winners - thank you so much to everyone who made this film @NEHgov @ThirteenWNET @wnet @BBCMUSIC_ @ARTEde @ZDF @PBSDistribution @hugobfilm @NormalLifePics

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Come and join us for a special Barbican screening as part of the brilliant London Jazz Festival, with director/composer Q&A to follow. https://t.co/TczxGTrRVw @MichaelJMcEvoy @BarbicanCentre @LondonJazzFest @LondonJazz

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@NjambiMcgrath @hugobfilm @MichaelJMcEvoy @thirteen @bbcmusic Can’t wait!

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#jazzambassadors #jazzambassadorspbs Spotify playlist! https://t.co/PnqrV2IOlt https://t.co/D8zSzVsLzL

[Hugo Berkeley @hugobfilm]

For all who asked - here's a Jazz Ambassadors Playlist: https://t.co/sDifgaf3ps Soundtrack of @michaeljmcevoy original score coming VERY soon! #NowPlaying @AmbassadorsJazz @thirteen @bbcmusic

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@Cjimenezm @NickCull @hugobfilm @neetsoprano @sysgak @ajcdeane Thank you @NickCull and the #twitterstorians

[Alex Deane @ajcdeane]

@NickCull @Cjimenezm @hugobfilm @neetsoprano @sysgak Opera and ballet were well regarded throughout

[Nicholas J. Cull @NickCull]

@Cjimenezm @hugobfilm @neetsoprano @sysgak @ajcdeane ...a degree of wishful thinking that should give us pause.

[Nicholas J. Cull @NickCull]

@Cjimenezm @hugobfilm @neetsoprano @sysgak @ajcdeane Some get in to political trouble — Tarkovsky is eventually censored at home — the dancers who serve as cultural ambassadors sometimes defected. I think the cultural appeal of the east is neglected today because they didn’t win but it was very real at the time and tinged...

[Nicholas J. Cull @NickCull]

@Cjimenezm @hugobfilm @neetsoprano @sysgak @ajcdeane Lots — Filmmakers like Eisenstein and Tarkofsky were loved in the West, Shostakovich and Prokofiev in Music, in athletics the Czech Emil Zadopec was hailed as was Olga Korbut who softened the image of Russia at the moment of detente. The chess players were well regarded....