Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Directed by Johan Grimonprez
Not Rated
2024    2h 30mDocumentary, Music,
7.897%97%
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.

Cast of Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

  • Patrice LumumbaSelf (archive footage)
  • Louis ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)
  • Nikita KhrushchevSelf (archive footage)
  • Dizzy GillespieSelf (archive footage)
  • Andrée BlouinSelf (archive footage)
  • Abbey LincolnSelf (archive footage)
  • Max RoachSelf (archive footage)
  • Malcolm XSelf (archive footage)
  • Nina SimoneSelf (archive footage)
  • John ColtraneSelf (archive footage)
  • Duke EllingtonSelf (archive footage)
  • Miriam MakebaSelf (archive footage)
  • Conor Cruise O’BrienSelf (archive footage)
  • Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage)
  • René MagritteSelf (archive footage)
  • Allen DullesSelf (archive footage)
  • In Koli Jean BofaneSelf
  • Gamal Abdel NasserSelf (archive footage)
  • Fidel CastroSelf (archive footage)
  • Johan GrimonprezDirector / Writer
  • Rémi GrelletyProducer
  • Daan MiliusProducer

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Ratings & Reviews

  • JordanJuly 10, 2025
    Every day, I uncover more of the brutal history behind U.S. foreign policy
  • Kevin WardJuly 1, 2025
    Unique in presentation, but the style really didn’t work for me. Jazz music blares while text appears on-screen. It’s incredibly informative, but it mostly feels like a dense historical video essay. Not really my style. If you like Jazz and history, though, holy sh🤩 do I have the movie for you.
  • hairydemonMay 21, 2025
    brilliant filmmaking at its height
  • rahssan44March 29, 2025
    An intriguiging documentary where jazz music and a military coup all come together in the Congo in the 1960s

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