Movie: Soundtrack to a Coup D'Etat
2024 NR 2h 30m | Documentary
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 Congo’s 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 D'ETAT interrogates colonial history to tell an urgent and timely story of precedent that resonates more than ever in today’s geopolitical climate.
- Date:
- Friday, April 4, 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- 1:30pm - 4:10pm
- Location:
- West Caldwell - Community Meeting Room
- BCCLS Library:
- West Caldwell Public Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Movie
