Poster movie

Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

Documentary

History

Lenguage:150 min

Duration:en

Release date:Sep 11, 2024

Calificacion:8.0

Description:

In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe denouncing America’s color bar, while the U.S. dispatches jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to the Congo to deflect attention from its first African post-colonial coup.

Cast

Patrice Lumumba
Patrice LumumbaSelf (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
Louis ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy GillespieSelf (archive footage)
Abbey Lincoln
Abbey LincolnSelf (archive footage)
Max Roach
Max RoachSelf (archive footage)
Nina Simone
Nina SimoneSelf (archive footage)
John Coltrane
John ColtraneSelf (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Duke EllingtonSelf (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita KhrushchevSelf (archive footage)
Malcolm X
Malcolm XSelf (archive footage)

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