Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)
Documentary
History
Music
7.8 (77 votes)
2h 30m
Overview
Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.
Details
- Director
- Johan Grimonprez
- Writer
- Johan Grimonprez
- Original Language
- French
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
Abbey Lincoln
Andrée Blouin
Conor Cruise O’Brien
Dizzy Gillespie
Duke Ellington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Coltrane
Louis Armstrong
Malcolm X
Max Roach
Miriam Makeba
Nikita Khrushchev
Nina Simone
Patrice Lumumba
René Magritte
Keywords
1960s
belgium
central intelligence agency (cia)
cia agent
cia crimes
cia officer or operative
cold war
colonisation
congo
congo war
coup d'etat
democratic republic of the congo
dwight d eisenhower
ex-cia agent
fidel castro
genocide
katanga conflict
malcom x
nato operation
operation gladio
torture
u.n. general assembly
u.n. secretary general
u.s. ambassador
u.s. embassy
united nations
war crimes
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