SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT
Documentary Feature (co-production)
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.
Festivals & Awards
Special Jury Award
Sundance 2024
San Sebastián Int Film Festival
2024
CPH:DOX
2024
BFI Film Festival
2024
San Francisco Int Film Festival
2024
Buenos Aires IF
of Independent Cinema
2024
Seattle International Film Festival
2024
Busan International Film Festival
2024
IDFA
2024
Bergen IFF 2024
Winner
Documentaire Extraordinaire
European Film Awards
Nominated: European Documentary
Bergen Int. Film Festival
Winner: Best International Documentary
Gotham Awards
Nominated: Best Documentary Feature
International Documentary Association
Winner: Best Writing, Best Editing
Credits
- Director: Johan Grimonprez
- Producers: Warboys Films (FR) & Zapomatik (BE)
- Co-producer: BALDR Film (NL)
- Financiers & Funds: VAF, ZKM, DGD, NL Film Fund
- Broadcaster: VRT, RTBF, SVT, ARTE France
- Distributor: Imagine Film Distributie NL
- Length: 150 min.
