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Soundtrack To A Coup D'Etat (France-Belguim) English narration.

Mon, 14 Oct

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Caloundra

Director Johan Grimonprez captures the moment when African politics and American jazz collided in this magnificent essay film, a riveting historical rollercoaster that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congo's leader Patrice Lumumba. "Mind blowing."

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Soundtrack To A Coup D'Etat (France-Belguim)  English narration.
Soundtrack To A Coup D'Etat (France-Belguim)  English narration.

Time & Location

14 Oct 2024, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Caloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, Australia

About the Event

Soundtrack To A Coup d'Etat  film Trailer HERE 

15+    150Min

Director: Johan Grimonprez


Director Johan Grimonprez captures the moment when African politics and American jazz collided in this magnificent essay film, a riveting historical rollercoaster that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congo's leader Patrice Lumumba.


It’s 1960's and as the US civil rights movement swings into high gear, in Africa another movement is taking place: decolonisation. Among the 17 nations to achieve independence during the ‘year of Africa’ is the Congo. But only months after becoming the former Belgian colony’s first democratically elected prime minister, Patrice Lumumba is assassinated. In an effort to deflect attention from the CIA’s apparent involvement in the coup against him, the US turns to jazz – sending Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and more to the Congo as unwitting ‘ambassadors’. It does not go as planned.


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