
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Sep 11 2024
•3h 30m
•Documentary, History, Music
Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.
Cast
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Patrice Lumumba
Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)

Dizzy Gillespie
Self (archive footage)
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