Soundtrack to a Coup d'État (2024)
poster Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

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

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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