Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat.

Other author/creatorGrimonprez, Johan, film director.
Other author/creatorLincoln, Abbey, actor.
Other author/creatorBlouin, Andrée, actor.
Other author/creatorGillespie, Dizzy, actor.
Other author/creatorColtrane, John, actor.
Other author/creatorArmstrong, Louis, 1901-1971, actor.
Other author/creatorSimone, Nina, actor.
Other author/creatorKino Lorber (Firm), distributor.
Other author/creatorKanopy (Firm), distributor.
Abstract United Nations, 1960: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe, and the U.S. State Department swings into action, sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to Congo to deflect attention from the CIA-backed coup. Director Johan Grimonprez captures the moment when African politics and American jazz collided in this magnificent essay film, a riveting historical rollercoaster that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congo's leader Patrice Lumumba. Richly illustrated by eyewitness accounts, official government memos, testimonies from mercenaries and CIA operatives, speeches from Lumumba himself, and a veritable canon of jazz icons, SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT interrogates colonial history to tell an urgent and timely story of precedent that resonates more than ever in today's geopolitical climate.
General noteTitle from title frames.
General noteFilm
General noteIn Process Record.
Performer Abbey Lincoln, Andrée Blouin, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone
Date/time/place of a event noteOriginally produced by Kino Lorber in 2024.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web.
Terms of usePublic performance rights included in purchase.
Genre/formDocumentary films.
Publisher number15940555 Kanopy

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