Soundtrack to a Coup d’État is a phenomenal film—brilliantly crafted. Johan Grimonprez unearths truths about the overthrow of ...

Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...

Grimonprez is his own eclectic mix. A cultural theorist preoccupied with mass media and fear; a fast-talking professorial ...

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Grimonprez’s “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat,” which premiered at Sundance in 2024, is an impressionistic essay film that looks back at the hopeful rise of Patrice Lumumba, who became the ...

Interview - Director Johan Grimonprez discusses Soundtrack to a Coup d'État, his powerful exploration of Congo's decolonization struggle, in conversation with Peter Mertens, Belgian political leader ...

The teams behind "Sugarcane," "Black Box Diaries," "Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat" and "Porcelain War" discuss the urgency of their work ...

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Sundance Film Festival welcomed back three Oscar-winning ... “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat,” about the assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba in 1961, also ...

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