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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Directed by

Johan Grimonprez

20242h 30m7.8

DocumentaryHistoryMusic

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

Writer

Johan Grimonprez

Language

Arabic, Dutch

Country

Belgium, France

Cast

Patrice Lumumba

Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)

Dizzy Gillespie

Self (archive footage)

Andrée Blouin

Self (archive footage)

Abbey Lincoln

Self (archive footage)

Max Roach

Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X

Self (archive footage)

Nina Simone

Self (archive footage)

John Coltrane

Self (archive footage)

Duke Ellington

Self (archive footage)

Miriam Makeba

Self (archive footage)

Conor Cruise O’Brien

Self (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

René Magritte

Self (archive footage)

Allen Dulles

Self (archive footage)

In Koli Jean Bofane

Self

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

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