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Trojan Jazz

2019 · 78 min

A thoughtful, music-filled history lesson that captures the thrill of cultural exchange under Cold War tension.

Directed by
Vladimir Mirzoev, Olga Antimony
Genres
Documentary
Overview
The film tells how, in an extremely difficult political situation — between two crises, the Berlin and the Caribbean, the Benny Goodman Orchestra arrived in the Soviet Union. For the Soviet people in 1962, it was a tremendous breakthrough both in the relationship between the countries and in the opportunity not only to hear jazz music, which was semi-forbidden in those years, but also to see and get to know real Americans.

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Directed by
Vladimir Mirzoev, Olga Antimony
Genres
Documentary
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  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
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measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
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  • music
  • politics
  • freedom
  • war
  • identity
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  • big city
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period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
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  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
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Darkness3
Complexity5
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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Vladimir Mirzoev, Olga Antimony
Runtime
78 min
Country
Canada
Languages
English

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