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Soundtrack to a Coup d Etat
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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.
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.
Actors: Louis Armstrong,
Fidel Castro,
Malcolm X,
Nina Simone,
Miles Davis,
Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Duke Ellington,
Patrice Lumumba,
Mobutu Sese Seko,
Leonid Brezhnev,
Dag Hammarskjöld,
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Louis Armstrong 4 August 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Fidel Castro 13 August 1926, Biran, Oriente Province, Cuba

Malcolm X 19 May 1925, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Nina Simone 21 February 1933, Tryon, North Carolina, USA

Miles Davis 25 May 1926, Alton, Illinois, USA

Dwight D. Eisenhower 14 October 1890, Denison, Texas, USA

Duke Ellington 29 April 1899, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Patrice Lumumba July 2, 1925 in Onalua, Belgian Congo [now Democratic Republic of the Congo]

Mobutu Sese Seko October 14, 1930 in Likasi, Belgian Congo

Leonid Brezhnev December 19, 1906 in Kamenskoye, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine]

Dag Hammarskjöld July 29, 1905 in Jönköping, Jönköpings län, Sweden
Genre: Documentary
Director: Johan Grimonprez
Country: Belgium
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