Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat film review — dizzying history of colonialism, murder and jazz in the Congo
The musical cast of documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat is stellar: Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Nina Simone just some of the jazz titans whose work fills the film. And the coup? Well, that is ...
‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’ Review: A Sprawling, Swinging History
Johan Grimonprez’s documentary intertwines narratives of such American jazz legends as Louis Armstrong with the tragic, ...
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Johan Grimonprez’s ‘Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat’ Details the Origins of the Congo Crisis
A fascinating new documentary by Belgian filmmaker Johan Grimonprez, 'Soundtrack to a Coup D'Etat' shines a light on a ...
Doc Talk Podcast: Oscar-Contending Director Johan Grimonprez Explains How He Pulled Off Incredible Filmmaking Feat In ‘Soundtrack To A Coup D'Etat'
In February 1961, a remarkable outburst took place at the United Nations in New York – jazz artists Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach, ...
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Mpox cases in Congo may be stabilizing. Experts say more vaccines are needed to stamp out virus
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Solidarity, not charity: Congolese leaders on Indigenous communities and foreign aid
The event featured a documentary screening and interactive ... event of Stanford’s first-ever “Breaking the Silence” Congo Week. The week included programming that “commemorates the ...
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‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’ Review: A Sprawling, Swinging History
The documentary “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat ... as he examines how the promise of the Congo was cut down in the first flowering of the country’s independence, which it gained in 1960 ...