Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

Release date : September 11, 2024
Runtime : 2h 30m
Countries of origin : Belgium / France / Netherlands /
Original Language : Dutch / French / Russian / English / Arabic /
Director : Johan Grimonprez /
Writers : Johan Grimonprez /
Production companies : Onomatopee Films / Warboys Films / Zap-O-Matik / ZKM Karlsruhe / BALDR / RTBF / VRT /
September 11, 2024 2h 30m Belgium Documentary Dutch More
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In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe denouncing America’s color bar, while the U.S. dispatches jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to the Congo to deflect attention from its first African post-colonial coup.
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Patrice Lumumba
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie
Self (archive footage)
Abbey Lincoln
Self (archive footage)
Max Roach
Self (archive footage)
Nina Simone
Self (archive footage)
John Coltrane
Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)
Miriam Makeba
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Andrée Blouin
Self (archive footage)
René Magritte
Self (archive footage)
Allen Dulles
Self (archive footage)
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Self (archive footage)
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage)

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  • title:Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 2024
  • Runtime:2h 30m
  • Genres: Documentary · History ·
  • Countries of origin: Belgium · France · Netherlands ·
  • Original Language: Dutch · French · Russian · English · Arabic ·
  • Director: Johan Grimonprez /
  • Writers: Johan Grimonprez ·
  • Production companies: Onomatopee Films · Warboys Films · Zap-O-Matik · ZKM Karlsruhe · BALDR · RTBF · VRT ·
  • Overview:In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe denouncing America’s color bar, while the U.S. dispatches jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to the Congo to deflect attention from its first African post-colonial coup.
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