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Soundtrack to a coup d'etat [videorecording] / written and directed by Johan Grimonprez.
United Nations, 1960: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe, and the U.S. State Department swings into action, sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to Congo to deflect attention from the CIA-backed coup. Director Johan Grimonprez captures the moment when African politics and American jazz collided in this magnificent essay film, a riveting historical rollercoaster that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congo's leader Patrice Lumumba. Richly illustrated by eyewitness accounts, official government memos, testimonies from mercenaries and CIA operatives, speeches from Lumumba himself, and a veritable canon of jazz icons, Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat interrogates colonial history to tell an urgent and timely story of precedent that resonates more than ever in today's geopolitical climate.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (150 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
- Publisher: New York : Kino Lorber, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally released as a documentary film in 2024. Special features: Q&A panel with the director; trailers. Title from container. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Louis Armstrong, Andrě Blouin, John Coltrane. |
| Target Audience Note: | E. |
| System Details Note: | DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | For private home use only. |
| Language Note: | Audio track in English, Dutch, French, Russian, with optional subtitles in English. |
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| Genre: | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Documentary films. Historical films. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Lakeshore Branch | DVD 967.24051 Sou | 31681010406197 | NFDVD | Available | - |
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