Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...
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Soundtrack to a Coup d’État is a phenomenal film—brilliantly crafted. Johan Grimonprez unearths truths about the overthrow of Congo’s first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, that history tried to sever ...
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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 ...
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“September 5” (1 Oscar nomination): In theaters This film is a tick-tock account ... the 1961 assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba. “Sugarcane” (1 Oscar nomination): Streaming ...