Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat(2024)

2h 30m
- Documentary

Release Date: November 1, 2024

Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba.

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Director & Top Cast

Eva Gabor

Louis Armstrong

Malcolm X

Abbey Lincoln

Fidel Castro

Nina Simone

Ella Fitzgerald

Miles Davis

Duke Ellington

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Nikita Khrushchev

Dag Hammarskjöld

Patrice Lumumba

Mobutu Sese Seko

Leonid Brezhnev

John Coltrane

Andrée Blouin

Adlai Stevenson

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby SR

Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: Belgium, France, Netherlands

Language: Dutch,English,Russian,French,Arabic