Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba.

Director: Johan Grimonprez

Cast:Louis Armstrong , Fidel Castro , Malcolm X , Nina Simone , Miles Davis , Dwight D. Eisenhower , Duke Ellington , Patrice Lumumba , Mobutu Sese Seko , Dag Hammarskjöld , Nikita Khrushchev , Gamal Abdel Nasser , Leonid Brezhnev , Joseph Kasavubu , Andrée Blouin