Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Released on
Documentary, History, Music
Runtime
150 mins
(56 votes)

Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.

Cast

  • Patrice Lumumba
  • Louis Armstrong
  • Nikita Khrushchev
  • Dizzy Gillespie
  • Andrée Blouin
  • Abbey Lincoln
  • Max Roach
  • Malcolm X
  • Nina Simone
  • John Coltrane
  • Duke Ellington
  • Miriam Makeba
  • Conor Cruise O’Brien
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • René Magritte
  • Allen Dulles
  • In Koli Jean Bofane
  • Gamal Abdel Nasser
  • Fidel Castro

Director

  • Johan Grimonprez

Producers

  • Daan Milius
  • Rémi Grellety

Screenwriter

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