Country:Belgium, 150 minutes
Spoken languages:Arabic, Dutch, English, French, Russian
Genres:Documentary, History
Director(s):Johan Grimonprez
Writer(s):Johan Grimonprez
Video Codec:Unknown
Number: 2024
Certification:
Storyline:
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.
Cast:
Patrice Lumumba (as Self (archive footage)), Louis Armstrong (as Self (archive footage)), Dizzy Gillespie (as Self (archive footage)), Abbey Lincoln (as Self (archive footage)), Max Roach (as Self (archive footage))
Medium: Unknown,
Loaned: No
Aspect ratio: Unknown