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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)
150 minDocumentaryHistoryMusic
TMDb7.7/1070 votes
Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.
Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands
Director: Johan Grimonprez
Cast
Patrice Lumumba
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie
Self (archive footage)
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Andrée Blouin
Self (archive footage)
Abbey Lincoln
Self (archive footage)
Max Roach
Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)
Nina Simone
Self (archive footage)
John Coltrane
Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)
Miriam Makeba
Self (archive footage)
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Conor Cruise O’Brien
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Keywords
Plot:central intelligence agency (cia)war crimescongocoup d'etatbelgiumfidel castrotorturegenocideunited nationsamerican embassyu.s. embassyex-cia agentkatanga conflictmalcom xdemocratic republic of the congoeisenhowerbelgian air forcecia agentu.n. secretary generalcongo warpatrice lumumbacia officermax roachcia crimescia war crimesbelgian war crimesnato war crimesoperation gladionikita khrushchevabbey lincolncia operativescia brutal assassinationcia brutal murdersbelgian brutal murdersgeneral mobutumobutu war crimesmobutu's banditsjournalists bought executionsnato operationnato involvementeisenhower war crimesmoïse tshombemoïse tshombe war crimesamerican ambassadoramerican ambassador involvedamerican embassy involvedbelgian colonizersamerican and belgian colonizersamerican colonizersussr presents resolution to end colonialismresolution to end colonialismdeath to colonial slaveryu.n. general assemblydeclaration against colonialismgeneral assembly resolution 1514dag hammarskjöld murderu.n. resolution 929maurice mpolojoseph okitobelgian militaryforeign militaryandree blouinin koli jean bofaneallen dullesallen dulles cia directorsouth african mercenary
Time:cold war1960s
Place:usa war crimeskatanga mine
