Soundtrack to a coup d'etat / an Onomatopee Films & Warboys Films production in coproduction with Zap-O-Matik, BALDR Film, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, RTBF Télévision Belge, VRT ; a Johan Grimonprez film produced by Daan Milius & Rémi Grellety ; written and directed by Johan Grimonprez.

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2025]

©2025

1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

auditory closedCaptions

digital

optical

sound

1.78:1

wide screen

NTSC

video file

DVD video

Region 1

This film explores the collision of African politics and American jazz in the 1960s, revealing the hidden forces behind Patrice Lumumba's 1961 assassination. It focuses on the protest by Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach at the UN Security Council regarding that assassination. Through eyewitness accounts; declassified government memos; and testimonies from mercenaries, CIA operatives, and jazz legends, the film presents a historical narrative that interrogates colonial history and offers a reflection on the geopolitical echoes that reverberate today.

Not rated by the MPA.

Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961 -- Assassination.

Jazz musicians -- Political activity -- United States.

Geopolitics -- Developing countries -- History -- 20th century.

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Grimonprez, Johan, screenwriter, film director.

Milius, Daan, 1988- film producer.

Grellety, Rémi, film producer.

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971.

Blouin, Andrée, 1921-1986.

Bofane, In Koli Jean, 1954-

O'Brien, Conor Cruise, 1917-2008.

Lincoln, Abbey.

Roach, Max, 1924-2007.

Coltrane, John, 1926-1967.

Daulne, Marie, narrator.

O'Brien, Patrick Cruise, narrator.

Wannyn, Jonathan, director of photography.

Chaubet, Rik, editor of moving image work.

Onomatopee Films.

Warboys Films.

Zap-O-Matik (Firm)

BALDR Film.

Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe.

Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française.

Vlaamse Radio en Televisieomroep.

Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher.

Originally released as a documentary in 2024.

Wide screen.

Special features: Q&A panel with director Johan Grimonprez; trailers.

Director of photography, Jonathan Wannyn ; editor, Rik Chaubet.

Featuring: Louis Armstrong, Andrée Blouin, In Koli Jean Bofane, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach, John Coltrane ; narrators, Marie Daulne, Patrick Cruise O'Brien.

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Audio 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereo.

Soundtrack in English; optional English subtitles; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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