SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT

In the early Sixties, the USA sent its greatest jazz musicians to Congo to distract attention from a CIA-back coup unfolding in the country. Music, civil rights and decolonization meet in this forgotten episode from the Cold War.

 

Credits

  • Director: Johan Grimonprez
  • Producer: Daan Milius, Zapomatik (BE)
  • Co-producers: Warboys Films (FR) & BALDR Film (NL)
  • Financiers & Funds: VAF, ZKM, DGD, NL Film Fund
  • Broadcaster: VRT, RTBF, SVT, ARTE France
  • Distributor: Imagine Film Distributie NL
  • Length: 120 min.