Movie
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024NR2h 30m7.7 / 10
Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.
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Checked Sep 2, 2026
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Synopsis
Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.
More about Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Cast
Patrice LumumbaSelf (archive footage)Louis ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)
Nikita KhrushchevSelf (archive footage)
Dizzy GillespieSelf (archive footage)
Andrée BlouinSelf (archive footage)
Abbey LincolnSelf (archive footage)
Max RoachSelf (archive footage)
Malcolm XSelf (archive footage)Credits
- Directed by
- Johan Grimonprez
- Written by
- Johan Grimonprez
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Box office
- $311.5K
Production
- Onomatopee FilmsBelgium
- Warboys FilmsFrance
- Zap-O-MatikBelgium
- ZKM Karlsruhe
BALDR FilmNetherlands
RTBFBelgium
Themes
1960sbelgiumcentral intelligence agency (cia)cia agentcia crimescia officer or operativecold warcolonisation
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