Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

20242h 30min

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.

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A Conversation with SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT Director and Writer Johan Grimonprez

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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat – Official Trailer

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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat - Official Trailer

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