Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
DocumentaryHistoryMusiccentral intelligence agency (cia)war crimescold warcongocoup d'etatbelgiumfidel castrotorturegenocideunited nationsamerican embassyu.s. embassy
A rigorous historical documentary that uses jazz as a lens to examine CIA complicity in the Congo's violent decolonization and the assassination of Patrice Lumumba during the Cold War.
Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.
Essence
Ensemble
Patrice Lumumba
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie
Self (archive footage)
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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