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Soundtrack to a Coup d Etat
Description
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.
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.
Actors:
Louis Armstrong,
Fidel Castro,
Malcolm X,
Nina Simone,
Miles Davis,
Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Duke Ellington,
Patrice Lumumba,
Mobutu Sese Seko,
Leonid Brezhnev,
Dag Hammarskjöld,
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Louis Armstrong
4 August 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Fidel Castro
13 August 1926, Biran, Oriente Province, Cuba
Malcolm X
19 May 1925, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Nina Simone
21 February 1933, Tryon, North Carolina, USA
Miles Davis
25 May 1926, Alton, Illinois, USA
Dwight D. Eisenhower
14 October 1890, Denison, Texas, USA
Duke Ellington
29 April 1899, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Patrice Lumumba
July 2, 1925 in Onalua, Belgian Congo [now Democratic Republic of the Congo]
Mobutu Sese Seko
October 14, 1930 in Likasi, Belgian Congo
Leonid Brezhnev
December 19, 1906 in Kamenskoye, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine]
Dag Hammarskjöld
July 29, 1905 in Jönköping, Jönköpings län, Sweden
Genre:
Documentary
Director:
Johan Grimonprez
Country:
France, Netherlands, Belgium
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