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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Documentary
History
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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
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
operation gladio
nato operation
u.n. general assembly

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Reviews(2)

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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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