Sound track to a coup d'etat [dvd] / written and directed by Johan Grimonprez ; produced by Daan Milus & Rémi Grellety ; a Onomatopee Films & Warboys Films production ; in coproduction with Zap-O-Matik, Baldr Film, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, RTBF Télévision Belge & VRT ; with the support of Arte France, Field of Vision, Creative Europe Program of the European Union, The Flanders Audiovisual Fund [VAF] of the Government of Flanders, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération wallonie-Bruxelles Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée, Netherlands Film Fund, The Tax Shelter Measure of the Belgian Federal Government ; Image/Movement du Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Cinematek Royal Film Archive of Belgium, Africamuseum, Kask & Conservatorium, Belgium Partner in Development, Procirep, Angoa & Sacem.
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FilmPublisher number: K26902 | Kino LorberLanguage: English, French, Dutch, Russian Original language: English, French, Dutch, Russian Subtitle language: English Publisher: New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2025]Copyright date: ©2024Description: 1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961 -- Assassination
- United Nations. Security Council
- Geopolitics -- Developing countries -- History -- 20th century
- Jazz musicians -- Political activity -- United States
- Cold War
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1908-1960
- Belgium -- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
- 967.571/03 23/eng/20241212
- DT657 .N98 2025
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| DVD | Phillipsburg Free Public Library | DVDs | New Movies | DVD 320.54 SOU | In-Process | 36748002617845 |
Originally released as a documentary film in 2024.
Special features: Q&A panel with the director Johan Grimonprez; trailers.
Louis Armstrong, Andrée Blouin, In Koli Jean Bofane, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach, John Coltrane ; narrated by Zap Mama/Marie Daulne, Patrick Cruise O'Brien.
United Nations, 1960: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe, and the U.S. State Department swings into action, sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to Congo to deflect attention from the CIA-backed coup. Director Johan Grimonprez captures the moment when African politics and American jazz collided in this magnificent essay film, a riveting historical rollercoaster that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congo's leader Patrice Lumumba. Richly illustrated by eyewitness accounts, official government memos, testimonies from mercenaries and CIA operatives, speeches from Lumumba himself, and a veritable canon of jazz icons, Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat interrogates colonial history to tell an urgent and timely story of precedent that resonates more than ever in today's geopolitical climate.
MWT rating: NR.
DVD, wide screen (1.78:1), Dolby Audio 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo sound, NTSC Region 1.
English, French, Dutch and Russian dialogue with English subtitles. English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).