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Soundtrack for a Coup D'Etat, heldover (@ CLC)

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Soundtrack for a Coup D'Etat, heldover (@ CLC)

Plot

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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Details

Year
2024
Released
N/A
Rated
N/A
Genre
Documentary
Run Time
150
Director
Johan Grimonprez
Writer(s)
Johan Grimonprez, None, Daan Milius
Actors
Eva Gabor, Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, Abbey Lincoln, Fidel Castro, Malcolm X, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mobutu Sese Seko, Nikita Khrushchev, John Coltrane, Adlai Stevenson, Patrice Lumumba, Max Roach, Leonid Brezhnev, Dag Hammarskjöld, Andrée Blouin, Art Blakey, Ornette Coleman, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Mike Hoare, Paul Henri Spaak, Willis Conover, Melba Liston, Joseph Kasavubu, Edward R. Murrow, Queen Elizabeth II
Countries
Netherlands
Languages
Arabic
IMDB Rating
7.9