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Soundtrack to a Coup d'État(2024)

09/11/2024 (BE)DocumentaryHistory2h 30m
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Overview

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.

Movie Cast

Patrice Lumumba photo

Patrice Lumumba

Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong photo

Louis Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

Dizzy Gillespie photo

Dizzy Gillespie

Self (archive footage)

Abbey Lincoln photo

Abbey Lincoln

Self (archive footage)

Max Roach photo

Max Roach

Self (archive footage)

Nina Simone photo

Nina Simone

Self (archive footage)

John Coltrane photo

John Coltrane

Self (archive footage)

Duke Ellington photo

Duke Ellington

Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev photo

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X photo

Malcolm X

Self (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower photo

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

BudgetNot Given

RevenueNot Given

Production CompanyOnomatopee Films

Original LanguageEnglish

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