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.
- Year: 2024
- Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands
- Genre: Documentary, History, Music
- Studio: Onomatopee Films, Warboys Films, Zap-O-Matik, ZKM Karlsruhe, BALDR Film, RTBF, VRT
- Keyword: central intelligence agency (cia), war crimes, cold war, congo, coup d'etat, belgium, fidel castro, genocide, united nations, american embassy, u.s. embassy, 1960s, ex-cia agent, katanga conflict, malcom x, democratic republic of the congo, eisenhower, belgian air force, cia agent, u.n. secretary general, congo war, patrice lumumba, cia officer, max roach, cia crimes, cia war crimes, usa war crimes, belgian war crimes, nato war crimes, operation gladio, nikita khrushchev, abbey lincoln, cia operatives, cia brutal assassination, cia brutal murders, belgian brutal murders, general mobutu, mobutu war crimes, mobutu's bandits, brutally tortured their prisoners, journalists bought executions, nato operation, nato involvement, eisenhower war crimes, moïse tshombe, moïse tshombe war crimes, katanga mine, american ambassador, american ambassador involved, american embassy involved, belgian colonizers, american and belgian colonizers, american colonizers, ussr presents resolution to end colonialism, resolution to end colonialism, death to colonial slavery, u.n. general assembly, declaration against colonialism, general assembly resolution 1514, dag hammarskjöld murder, u.n. resolution 929, maurice mpolo, joseph okito, belgian military, foreign military, andree blouin, in koli jean bofane, allen dulles, allen dulles cia director, cia a crime syndicate, south african mercenary
- Director: Johan Grimonprez
- Cast: Patrice Lumumba, Louis Armstrong, Nikita Khrushchev, Dizzy Gillespie, Andrée Blouin, Abbey Lincoln
