Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Johan Grimonprez
2024-09-11


7.694
150 min

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

Cast

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