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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

OT: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Johan Grimonprez | Belgium, France, Netherlands, 2024
Documentary Feature | FF2024

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DOCUMENTARY In a whirlwind of archive material and music, the film shows how jazz was once used as an instrument of imperialism. A furious protest against the Western world’s mechanisms of suppression. In the 1960s, more and more African states started resisting the oppression of their European colonial masters. Their efforts were supported by socialist states, which caused the USA and their allies to intervene in unusual ways: jazz giants like Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone and Dizzy Gillespie were sent to Africa as ambassadors of the Western world, while behind the scenes the CIA was busy targeting politicians like Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the newly independent Congo.

Director

JOHAN GRIMONPREZ (*1962 in Belgium) is a Belgian film-maker, installation artist and curator, living in Gent and New York. His film essays and documentaries like Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y (1997), Double Take (2009) and Shadow World (2017) have been shown all over the world.

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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Documentary Feature

English, French

Veto! | FF2024


Belgium, France, Netherlands

2024

150 min

OV with English subtitles

Johan Grimonprez

Johan Grimonprez

Patrice Lumumba, Louis Armstrong, Andrée Blouin, Nina Simone, Nikita Krutschev, Eisenhower, Fidel Castro, Duke Elligton

Daan Milius, Rémi Grellety, Katja Draaijer, Frank Hoeve

Jonathan Wannyn

Ranko Pauković, Alek "Bunic" Goosse

Rik Chaubet

Johan Grimonprez

Mediawan Rights

Onomatopee Films and Warboys Films

Zap-O-Matik, Baldr Film, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, RTBF Télévision Belge & VRT

Mediawan Rights, Kilian Kiefel: kkiefel@mediawan.com

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DocumentaryHistorySocietyViolenceGlobalisationWarHuman RightsMusicPolitics and PowerRacism and DiscriminationDeath and Loss

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