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 Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat 

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 Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat 
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat is a 2024 documentary film directed by Johan Grimonprez about the Cold War episode that led American musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba. It features excerpts from My Country, Africa by Andrée Blouin; Congo Inc. by In Koli Jean Bofane; To Katanga and Back by Conor Cruise O'Brien; and audio memoirs by Nikita Khrushchev.

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat has been nominated for the Best Documentary Feature category at Academy Awards 2025.

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 22 January 2024. It won the André Cavens Award for Best Film from the Belgian Film Critics Association. It has been nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.


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