Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

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Play Time: 150 mins
Documentary, History, Music
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

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

Status: Released (2024-09-11)
Awards:Nominated for 1 Oscar. 17 wins & 35 nominations total
BoxOffice:$365,318
Screen:Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius
Productions: Onomatopee Films, Warboys Films, Zap-O-Matik, ZKM Karlsruhe, BALDR Film, RTBF, VRT
Production Countries: Belgium, France, Netherlands
Spoken Languages: العربية, Nederlands, English, Français, Pусский, Español
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
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CinemaSerf

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This documentary is a serious testament to the archivist's art as it pieces together an impressive array of imagery of the great and the good of American Jazz and combines that with some intimate actuality of the turbulence ongoing in the Congo as it strived for independence. Why mig ....

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Brent Marchant

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Perhaps the most important objective of a documentary is to shed light on a subject and make it comprehensible and insightful for viewers, especially when it involves little-known material. However, when it comes to writer-director Johan Grimonprez’s latest offering, that goal is sor ....

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