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Soundtrack to a Coup D' Etat (@ CLC)

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Soundtrack to a Coup D' Etat (@ CLC)

Plot

Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba.

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Details

Year
2024
Released
N/A
Rated
N/A
Genre
Documentary
Run Time
150
Director
Johan Grimonprez
Writer(s)
Johan Grimonprez, None, Daan Milius
Actors
Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Malcolm X, Duke Ellington, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Fidel Castro, Dag Hammarskjöld, Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Patrice Lumumba, Mobutu Sese Seko, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Andrée Blouin, Joseph Kasavubu
Countries
Netherlands
Languages
Russian
IMDB Rating
8.1