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 Lumumba

  Self (archive footage)
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  Nikita Khrushchev

  Self (archive footage)
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  Dizzy Gillespie

  Self (archive footage)
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  Andrée Blouin

  Self (archive footage)
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  Abbey Lincoln

  Self (archive footage)
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  Max Roach

  Self (archive footage)
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  Malcolm X

  Self (archive footage)
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  Nina Simone

  Self (archive footage)
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  John Coltrane

  Self (archive footage)
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  Duke Ellington

  Self (archive footage)