Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)

Name: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Genre: Documentary, History, Music
Released: 2024-09-11
Duration: 150 min
Cast: Patrice Lumumba, Louis Armstrong, Nikita Khrushchev, Dizzy Gillespie, Andrée Blouin

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

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Released 2024-09-11 · 150 min · Documentary, History, Music

Directed by Johan Grimonprez

Cast

Patrice Lumumba as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong as Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev as Self (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie as Self (archive footage)
Andrée Blouin as Self (archive footage)
Abbey Lincoln as Self (archive footage)
Max Roach as Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X as Self (archive footage)
Nina Simone as Self (archive footage)
John Coltrane as Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington as Self (archive footage)
Miriam Makeba as Self (archive footage)
Conor Cruise O’Brien as Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self (archive footage)
René Magritte as Self (archive footage)