Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

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.

RATING

8.0 / 10

RELEASE DATE

2024-09-11

DIRECTOR

Johan Grimonprez

RUNNING TIME

2h 30m

Budget: Unknown

Revenue: Unknown

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Actors

Patrice Lumumba

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Louis Armstrong

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Dizzy Gillespie

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Abbey Lincoln

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Nina Simone

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John Coltrane

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Nikita Khrushchev

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Malcolm X

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