Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
Movie| Title | Soundtrack to a Coup d'État |
| User score | 7.7 |
| Release date | Sep 11, 2024 |
| Genre | Documentary, History |
| Director | Johan Grimonprez |
| Production country | Belgium, France, Netherlands |
| Production companies | Onomatopee Films, Warboys Films, Zap-O-Matik, ZKM Karlsruhe, BALDR, RTBF, VRT |
| Revenue | $210,501 |
| Run time | 150 min. |
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.
Videos
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat - Official Trailer
May 5, 2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat – Official Trailer
Sep 24, 2024
A Conversation with SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT Director and Writer Johan Grimonprez
Nov 7, 2024
Actors
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Patrice Lumumba
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie
Self (archive footage)
Abbey Lincoln
Self (archive footage)
Max Roach
Self (archive footage)
Nina Simone
Self (archive footage)
John Coltrane
Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)
Miriam Makeba
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
