593. Part 1 of our conversation with Nick Douglas about the documentary he is working on about the relationship between jazz and civil rights, “I am working with my filmmaking
partner Doug Harris on a documentary called The Reconnect: The Untold
History of Jazz. It is a true story about the actual formation of jazz
in the only place it could have formed: New Orleans. But it is more it
identifies for the first time New Orleans as the cradle of the Civil
Rights Movement. It shows how jazz and jazz musicians used jazz and
musical performances to fund and support the civil rights movement long
before most people realize the movement started. It answers questions
about jazz and the civil rights movement that have never been exposed.
Enjoy and if you like what we are doing share the video and donate to
get this project completed. Nick Douglas is the author of Finding
Octave: The Untold History of Two Creole Families and Slavery in
Louisiana. Nick is an MBA with a background in international business.
Born in Oakland, California, Nick grew up in a multi-generational Creole
home. As a child he had a close connection to his grandmother and
great-grandmother, who were both Creoles from New Orleans.
partner Doug Harris on a documentary called The Reconnect: The Untold
History of Jazz. It is a true story about the actual formation of jazz
in the only place it could have formed: New Orleans. But it is more it
identifies for the first time New Orleans as the cradle of the Civil
Rights Movement. It shows how jazz and jazz musicians used jazz and
musical performances to fund and support the civil rights movement long
before most people realize the movement started. It answers questions
about jazz and the civil rights movement that have never been exposed.
Enjoy and if you like what we are doing share the video and donate to
get this project completed. Nick Douglas is the author of Finding
Octave: The Untold History of Two Creole Families and Slavery in
Louisiana. Nick is an MBA with a background in international business.
Born in Oakland, California, Nick grew up in a multi-generational Creole
home. As a child he had a close connection to his grandmother and
great-grandmother, who were both Creoles from New Orleans.
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