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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
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+acting
+writing
-direction
+music
-pacing
-editing
-effects
+atmosphere
Summary
A political documentary film that excels in atmosphere and acting but struggles with pacing and direction. Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.
Cast
Patrice Lumumba
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie
Self (archive footage)
A
Andrée Blouin
Self (archive footage)
Abbey Lincoln
Self (archive footage)
Max Roach
Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)
Nina Simone
Self (archive footage)
John Coltrane
Self (archive footage)
Streaming on
Kino Film Collection
