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Jazz, espionage, and a CIA-backed coup collide in this Sundance Special Jury Award winner. Johan Grimonprez's essay film traces how Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, and Dizzy Gillespie became unwitting decoys during the 1961 assassination of Congo's Patrice Lumumba, weaving eyewitness accounts and declassified memos into a propulsive, rhythm-driven history lesson.
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Film Talk: Soundtrack to a Coup D'Etat
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Jazz, espionage, and a CIA-backed coup collide in this Sundance Special Jury Award winner. Johan Grimonprez's essay film traces how Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, and Dizzy Gillespie became unwitting decoys during the 1961 assassination of Congo's Patrice Lumumba, weaving eyewitness accounts and declassified memos into a propulsive, rhythm-driven history lesson.
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