Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)

Directors

Johan Grimonprez

The story

One February morning in 1961, singer Abbey Lincoln and drummer Max Roach protested at the UN Security Council after the murder of Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the newly independent Congo. Sixty yelling protesters throw punches, slam their stilettos, and provoke a skirmish with unprepared guards as diplomats look on in shock. Six months earlier, sixteen newly independent African countries are admitted to the United Nations, shifting the majority vote away from the old colonial powers.

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