Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.
Johan GrimonprezDirector
Johan GrimonprezWriter
Top Billed Cast
Patrice Lumumba
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie
Self (archive footage)
Abbey Lincoln
Self (archive footage)
Max Roach
Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)
Nina Simone
Self (archive footage)
John Coltrane
Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)
Miriam Makeba
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
René Magritte
Self (archive footage)
Allen Dulles
Self (archive footage)
