Soundtrack to a coup d'état
Johan Grimonprez
Documentary
Soundtrack to a coup d'état
Film informations
Johan Grimonprez
In 1960, 16 newly independent African countries enter the United Nations, a political earthquake that shifts the majority vote from the colonial powers to the global south. Congo becomes the arena in which the battle over the UN is fought. As Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at the UN-top in reaction to the neo-colonial grab of newly independent Congo’s resources, jazz-ambassador Louis Armstrong is sent out as a cover-up for the unfolding coup d'etat. In an incredulous twist Patrice Lumumba’s assassination unites the Afro-Asian block, demanding the UN General Assembly to vote for immediate worldwide decolonization.
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Onomatopee Films
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Filmography
Johan Grimonprez
