Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
NR“We're not angry man, we are enraged. You can no longer defer my dream. I'm gonna sing it, dance it, scream it and if need be: I'll steal it from this very earth! (Archie Shepp)”
2024·150 min·Released
Studio: BALDR Film, Onomatopee Films, RTBF, VRT, Warboys Films, ZKM Karlsruhe, Zap-O-Matik
7.8TMDb
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Theatrical Sep 11, 2024Digital Jan 7, 2025
Overview
Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.
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DirectorJohan Grimonprez
WriterJohan Grimonprez
Cast
Patrice Lumumba
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie
Self (archive footage)
Andrée Blouin
Self (archive footage)
Abbey Lincoln
Self (archive footage)
Max Roach
Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)
Nina Simone
Self (archive footage)
John Coltrane
Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)
Miriam Makeba
Self (archive footage)
Conor Cruise O’Brien
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
René Magritte
Self (archive footage)
Allen Dulles
Self (archive footage)
In Koli Jean Bofane
Self
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Self (archive footage)
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage)
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Keywords
central intelligence agency (cia)war crimescold warcongocoup d'etatbelgiumfidel castrotorturegenocideunited nationsamerican embassyu.s. embassy1960sex-cia agentkatanga conflictmalcom xdemocratic republic of the congoeisenhowerbelgian air forcecia agent
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Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026