Jazz
Directed by:
Ken BurnsScreenplay:
Geoffrey C. WardCast:
Keith David (narrator), Louis Armstrong (a.f.), Duke Ellington (a.f.), Harry Connick, Jr., Charles Durning, Derek Jacobi, Samuel L. Jackson, Delroy Lindo, Avery Brooks, Artie Shaw, Vernel Bagneris (more)Plots(1)
In 1929, America enters a decade of economic desperation, as the Stock Market collapses and the Great Depression begins. Factories fall silent, farms fall into decay, and a quarter of the nation's workforce is jobless. In these dark times, jazz is called upon to lift the spirits of a frightened country, and finds itself poised for a decade of explosive growth. (PBS)
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