Soundtrack to a Coup d'État Poster

Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

78.00% | September 11, 2024 | Documentary, History

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.

Featured Crew

Johan Grimonprez
Director
Rik Chaubet
Editor
Rémi Grellety
Producer

Cast

Patrice Lumumba
Patrice Lumumba
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
Self (archive footage)
Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Lincoln
Self (archive footage)
Max Roach
Max Roach
Self (archive footage)

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