Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

7.7/ 10

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2024

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150 min

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Overview

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

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Keywords

central intelligence agency (cia)

war crimes

cold war

congo

coup d'etat

belgium

fidel castro

genocide

united nations

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1960s

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katanga conflict

malcom x

democratic republic of the congo

eisenhower

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max roach

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brutally tortured their prisoners

journalists bought executions

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moïse tshombe

moïse tshombe war crimes

katanga mine

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ussr presents resolution to end colonialism

resolution to end colonialism

death to colonial slavery

u.n. general assembly

declaration against colonialism

general assembly resolution 1514

dag hammarskjöld murder

u.n. resolution 929

maurice mpolo

joseph okito

belgian military

foreign military

andree blouin

in koli jean bofane

allen dulles

allen dulles cia director

cia a crime syndicate

south african mercenary

Trailer

Cast

Patrice Lumumba

Patrice Lumumba

Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)

Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

Self (archive footage)

Andrée Blouin

Self (archive footage)

Abbey Lincoln

Abbey Lincoln

Self (archive footage)

Max Roach

Max Roach

Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Self (archive footage)

Nina Simone

Nina Simone

Self (archive footage)

John Coltrane

John Coltrane

Self (archive footage)

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Reviews(2)

6.0avg rating

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

November 23, 2024

7

7/10

This documentary is a serious testament to the archivist's art as it pieces together an impressive array of imagery of the great and the good of American Jazz and combines that with some intimate actuality of the turbulence ongoing in the Congo as it strived for independence. Why might anyone care a…

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Brent Marchant

@Brent_Marchant

January 9, 2025

5

5/10

Perhaps the most important objective of a documentary is to shed light on a subject and make it comprehensible and insightful for viewers, especially when it involves little-known material. However, when it comes to writer-director Johan Grimonprez’s latest offering, that goal is sorely compromised …

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