Onomatopee Films & Warboys Films present

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Name: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Genre: Documentary, History, Music
Released: 2024-09-11

directed by Johan Grimonprez

20242h 30mNRDocumentary

Onomatopee Films & Warboys Films present

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

directed by Johan Grimonprez

20242h 30mNRDocumentary

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§ Synopsis

Documentary · History · Music

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

§ Keywords

what it's about

central intelligence agency (cia)war crimes cold war congo coup d'etat belgium fidel castro colonisation torture genocide united nations u.s. embassy 1960s ex-cia agent katanga conflict malcom x u.s. ambassador democratic republic of the congo dwight d eisenhower cia agent u.n. secretary general congo war cia officer or operative cia crimes

§ Crew

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Director

Johan Grimonprez

Writer

Johan Grimonprez

Cinematography

Jonathan Wannyn

§ Cast

8 of 19

Patrice Lumumba

as Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong

as Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev

as Self (archive footage)

Dizzy Gillespie

as Self (archive footage)

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Andrée Blouin

as Self (archive footage)

Abbey Lincoln

as Self (archive footage)

Max Roach

as Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X

as Self (archive footage)

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