Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat poster

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

2024·150'

Johan Grimonprez

DocumentaryMusicHistory

FR - French

Letterboxd TMDB #1214539

Stills

8

Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.

Cast

Patrice Lumumba Patrice Lumumba Self (archive footage)Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong Self (archive footage)Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Khrushchev Self (archive footage)Dizzy Gillespie Dizzy Gillespie Self (archive footage)
Andrée Blouin Self (archive footage)Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln Self (archive footage)Max Roach Max Roach Self (archive footage)Malcolm X Malcolm X Self (archive footage)Nina Simone Nina Simone Self (archive footage)John Coltrane John Coltrane Self (archive footage)Duke Ellington Duke Ellington Self (archive footage)Miriam Makeba Miriam Makeba Self (archive footage)

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