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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)

Music History Documentary
Release Date: 2024, September 11
Directors: Johan Grimonprez
Countries: Belgium, France, Netherlands
Production: Onomatopee Films, Warboys Films, Zap-O-Matik, ZKM Karlsruhe, BALDR Film, RTBF, VRT
Cast: Fidel Castro, Malcolm X, Duke Ellington, Nina Simone, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nikita Khrushchev, Abbey Lincoln, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Allen Dulles, Miriam Makeba, Gamal Abdel Nasser

Overview:

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

Keywords:

torture genocide cold war cia agent 1960s war crimes u.s. embassy coup d'etat central intelligence agency (cia) ex-cia agent united nations belgium american embassy congo fidel castro u.n. secretary general democratic republic of the congo malcom x katanga conflict cia crimes eisenhower cia officer american embassy involved operation gladio nikita khrushchev american colonizers patrice lumumba american ambassador belgian air force congo war max roach cia war crimes usa war crimes belgian war crimes nato war crimes abbey lincoln cia operatives cia brutal assassination cia brutal murders belgian brutal murders general mobutu mobutu war crimes mobutu's bandits journalists bought executions nato operation nato involvement eisenhower war crimes moïse tshombe moïse tshombe war crimes katanga mine american ambassador involved belgian colonizers american and belgian colonizers ussr presents resolution to end colonialism resolution to end colonialism death to colonial slavery u.n. general assembly declaration against colonialism general assembly resolution 1514 dag hammarskjöld murder u.n. resolution 929 maurice mpolo joseph okito belgian military foreign military andree blouin in koli jean bofane allen dulles allen dulles cia director south african mercenary