Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat

Saturday, April 5 11am

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.

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