Johan Grimonprez’s fascinating documentary uses the assassination of DRC prime minister Patrice Lumumba to launch a dizzying look into the politics of jazz in the 1950s and 60s
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat review – superb study of how jazz got caught between the cold war and the CIA
, a groundbreaking portrait of the pioneering musician, producer and artist that tore up the rules of cinema and reinvented itself with each new screening. And now there’s Belgian film-maker Johan Grimonprez’s dazzling, a breathtaking, ideas-packed journey that weaves together American jazz and the geopolitical machinations of the 1950s and 60s.
This densely detailed and fascinating film skips between timelines and continents. It covers the CIA’s use of unwitting jazz musicians as distractions to cover their political meddling in various countries. It touches on the incredible Andrée Blouin – Lumumba’s adviser and speechwriter, women’s rights activist and a figure who warrants a whole other documentary dedicated to her remarkable life.
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