Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

Documentary

150 min

FSK 16
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
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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.

Director
Johan Grimonprez
Cast
Patrice Lumumba, Louis Armstrong, ...
Original language(s)
Arabic, English, French, Dutch, Russian
Credits
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Written by
Johan Grimonprez
Year
2025
Country
Belgium, France, Netherlands
Genre
Documentary
Cast
Patrice Lumumba, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach
FSK Rating
FSK 16
Original title
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
Release date
06.02.2025