Monday, April 7 7pm
The United States’ involvement in the 1960 assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba and the country’s subsequent decline into decades of dictatorship and ongoing instability is well-established. Filmmaker John Grimonprez creates a stylish and verve-y account of that history by infusing his 2024 documentary with the music created by the unwitting jazz musicians that the U.S. State Department used as cover. Essential. -Lee Gardner
2024 Dir. Johan Grimonprez 1.78:1 Color DCP 150 min.
