- Madman Entertainment
- 2 h 30 m
- Madman Entertainment
- 2 h 30 m
Summary 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.
Directed By: Johan Grimonprez
Written By: Johan Grimonprez
- Madman Entertainment
- 2 h 30 m
- Madman Entertainment
- 2 h 30 m
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Summary 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.
Directed By: Johan Grimonprez
Written By: Johan Grimonprez
