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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

2024·2h 30m
MusicDocumentary
IMDb Rating
★ 7.8/10
4,057 votes
Metascore
91
Metacritic

Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba.

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat is a 2024 music documentary movie directed by Johan Grimonprez, starring Patrice Lumumba, Dag Hammarskjöld, Nikita Khrushchev. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.8/10 from 4,057 votes and runs 2h 30m.

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Director
Johan Grimonprez
Stars
Patrice Lumumba
Dag Hammarskjöld
Nikita Khrushchev
Louis Armstrong
Details
2024-11-21
150 min
Movie
★ Belgium, France, Netherlands
★ Dutch, Arabic, English, French, Russian
Keywords
archive footageespionagejazz scoreassassinationcia central intelligence agencycold warpolitical activismblack powermusic documentarypolitics documentaryneo colonialism