Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.

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Patrice LumumbaSelf (archive footage)

Louis ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)

Nikita KhrushchevSelf (archive footage)

Dizzy GillespieSelf (archive footage)

Andrée BlouinSelf (archive footage)

Abbey LincolnSelf (archive footage)

Max RoachSelf (archive footage)

Malcolm XSelf (archive footage)

Nina SimoneSelf (archive footage)

John ColtraneSelf (archive footage)

Duke EllingtonSelf (archive footage)

Miriam MakebaSelf (archive footage)

Conor Cruise O’BrienSelf (archive footage)

Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage)

René MagritteSelf (archive footage)