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Dag Hammarskjöld
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Patrice Lumumba
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Andrée Blouin
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Marie Daulne
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In Koli Jean Bofane
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Patrick Cruise O'Brien
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Dag Hammarskjöld |
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Nikita Khrushchev |
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Patrice Lumumba |
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Andrée Blouin |
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Marie Daulne |
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In Koli Jean Bofane |
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Patrick Cruise O'Brien |
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Dag Hammarskjöld |
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Nikita Khrushchev |
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Patrice Lumumba |
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Andrée Blouin |
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Marie Daulne |
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In Koli Jean Bofane |
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Patrick Cruise O'Brien |
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Director Johan Grimonprez (Double Take, 2009) presents us with this magnificent essay film that vibrantly embodies the historic and continually evolving colonial machinations that underpin what author and Congolese writer In Koli Jean Bofane refers to as an ever-evolving “algorithm of Congo Inc.”
In addition to Bofane’s observations, Grimonprez invokes a veritable canon of African American jazz music to animate a rich fabric of griot texts, eyewitness accounts, official government memos, and testimonies from mercenaries and CIA operatives to shine light on one of the most insidious political machinations of the 20th century: how the Belgian monarchy, the United States government, and multinational corporations colluded to weaponise art institutions and legendary jazz musicians as cover for covert operations to assassinate Congo’s premiere prime minister, Patrice Lumumba.
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat is a timely story of precedent that speaks to today’s geopolitical terrain, in the Democratic Republic of Congo and around the world.