Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

7.8 | 2024-09-11 | Documentary History

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.

Featured Crew

Johan Grimonprez Director
Ranko Pauković Sound
Rémi Grellety Producer
Rik Chaubet Editor
Daan Milius Producer
Johan Grimonprez Writer
Raydrick Feliciana Assistant Editor
Aaron Minnebo Assistant Editor
Pedro Gossler Assistant Editor

Cast

Patrice Lumumba
Patrice Lumumba
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
Self (archive footage)
Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Lincoln
Self (archive footage)
Max Roach
Max Roach
Self (archive footage)
Nina Simone
Nina Simone
Self (archive footage)
John Coltrane
John Coltrane
Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)

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