Documentary storytelling that preserves the people, history and international connections of jazz.
Some of the most important stories in jazz live beyond the performance—in musicians’ lives, creative relationships, personal archives and the places where the music developed.
We preserve those stories through documentary film, interviews, photography and archival research.
Our work follows the connections that carry jazz across generations and national boundaries. Projects in the United States, Europe, Russia and South Africa explore jazz as both an art form and a language of cultural exchange.
Jazz history is still being written. Memories, conversations, performances and personal collections can disappear when they are not documented. Our mission is to preserve them and make them accessible to audiences around the world.
“Jazz is more than music. It is a way for people and cultures to communicate with one another.”The Real Jazz Ambassadors
Completed films and new productions connecting individual artists with the history and communities surrounding their music.
Tracking Darius Brubeck follows the pianist, composer and educator through an extraordinary international journey linking jazz communities, countries and generations.
Explore the FilmA feature documentary about Yoko Miwa’s music, resilience and creative journey from Japan to Boston and the international jazz stage.
Explore the ProjectOur slate includes Portraits of a Jazz Artist: Innokenty Ivanov, Simone Gubbiotti: Looking at a Liquid Sky, The Silent Interval and The Rise and Fall of America’s Number One Negro.
View All FilmsAn international collaboration built around documentary storytelling, music and lived experience.
Documentary producer, international jazz traveler and founder of The Real Jazz Ambassadors, connecting musicians, filmmakers and cultural organizations through stories that cross borders.
Amsterdam-based filmmaker whose documentary and narrative work brings a visual, human-centered approach to artists, culture and international storytelling.