Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat

Synopsis

In 1960, sixteen newly independent African countries enter the United Nations, a political earthquake that shifts the majority vote from the colonial powers and the U.S. to the global south. Congo becomes the arena in which the battle over the UN is fought. As Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at the UN-top in reaction to the neo-colonial grab of the resources of newly independent Congo, UN delegates from African Countries are blackmailed. In an incredulous twist Patrice Lumumba’s assassination unites the Afro-Asian block, demanding the UN General Assembly to vote for immediate worldwide decolonization.

Director Biography

Johan Grimonprez’s previous works include the internationally acclaimed film essay DIAL H-I-S-T-O-R-Y (1997); the investigation into the multi-billion-dollar international arms trade, SHADOW WORLD (2017, Tribeca); and DOUBLE TAKE (2009, Sundance & Berlin) in which Hitchcock and his elusive double are increasingly obsess over the perfect murder – of each other!