Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

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.

Genre: Documentary, History

Director: Johan Grimonprez

Cast: Patrice Lumumba, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Abbey Lincoln

Country: Belgium, France

Quality: HD

Runtime: 150 min.

Release: 2024

IMDb: 7.7/10