| International Standard Book Number |
738329269029
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| Title Statement |
Soundtrack to a coup d'etat [videorecording] / directed by Johan Grimonprez.
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| Imprint |
New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2025]
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| Physical Description |
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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| General Note |
Originally released as a documentary film in 2024.
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| General Note |
Special features: Q&A panel with the director; trailers.
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| General Note |
Wide screen.
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| Participant or Performer Note |
Louis Armstrong, Andre Blouin, John Coltrane.
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| Summary, Etc. |
United Nations, 1960: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe, and the U.S. State Department swings into action, sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to Congo to deflect attention from the CIA-backed coup. Director Johan Grimonprez captures the moment when African politics and American jazz collided in this magnificent essay film, a riveting historical rollercoaster that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congo2s leader Patrice Lumumba. Richly illustrated by eyewitness accounts, official government memos, testimonies from mercenaries and CIA operatives, speeches from Lumumba himself, and a veritable canon of jazz icons, Soundtrack to a Coup d2Etat interrogates colonial history to tell an urgent and timely story of precedent that resonates more than ever in today2s geopolitical climate.
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| Target Audience Note |
Rating: Not rated.
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| System Details Note |
DVD, wide screen.
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| Language note |
English, Dutch, French or Russian dialogue.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961
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| Subject |
United Nations. Security Council.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Cold War.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Geopolitics Developing countries History 20th century.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Jazz musicians Political activity United States.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
United States Foreign relations Soviet Union.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Soviet Union Foreign relations United States.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Belgium Colonies Africa Administration.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Congo (Democratic Republic) History 1908-1960.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Nonfiction films.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971, on-screen participant.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Coltrane, John, 1926-1967, on-screen participant.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Grimonprez, Johan, film director.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Blouin, Andrée, 1921-1986, on-screen participant.
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| Added Entry, Corporate Name |
Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher.
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| Added Entry, Uniform Title |
Container of (expression): Soundtrack to a coup d'etat (Motion picture). Dutch.
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| Added Entry, Uniform Title |
Container of (expression): Soundtrack to a coup d'etat (Motion picture). French.
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| Added Entry, Uniform Title |
Container of (expression): Soundtrack to a coup d'etat (Motion picture). Russian.
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| Added Entry, Uniform Title |
Container of (work): Soundtrack to a coup d'etat (Motion picture)
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