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Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

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In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe denouncing America’s color bar, while the U.S. dispatches jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to the Congo to deflect attention from its first African post-colonial coup.

Date: 09/11/2024
Rating: 8.0
Cast: Patrice Lumumba, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach, Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Nikita Khrushchev, Malcolm X, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Andrée Blouin, René Magritte, Allen Dulles, In Koli Jean Bofane

Patrice Lumumba as Self (archive footage) in Soundtrack to a Coup d'État Patrice Lumumba

Louis Armstrong as Self (archive footage) in Soundtrack to a Coup d'État Louis Armstrong

Dizzy Gillespie as Self (archive footage) in Soundtrack to a Coup d'État Dizzy Gillespie

Abbey Lincoln as Self (archive footage) in Soundtrack to a Coup d'État Abbey Lincoln

Max Roach

Nina Simone as Self (archive footage) in Soundtrack to a Coup d'État Nina Simone

John Coltrane as Self (archive footage) in Soundtrack to a Coup d'État John Coltrane

Duke Ellington as Self (archive footage) in Soundtrack to a Coup d'État Duke Ellington

Nikita Khrushchev as Self (archive footage) in Soundtrack to a Coup d'État Nikita Khrushchev

Malcolm X as Self (archive footage) in Soundtrack to a Coup d'État Malcolm X

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self (archive footage) in Soundtrack to a Coup d'État Dwight D. Eisenhower

Andrée Blouin

René Magritte as Self (archive footage) in Soundtrack to a Coup d'État René Magritte

Allen Dulles as Self (archive footage) in Soundtrack to a Coup d'État Allen Dulles

In Koli Jean Bofane

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