Sound Track to a Coup d'Etat (12)
fri16jan7:30 pm10:00 pmSound Track to a Coup d'Etat (12)16 JanEvent Type Film Society
Event Details
Oscar-nominated documentary of the 1961 Cold War episode with jazz and decolonization entwined.
Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crashed the UN Security Council, protesting against the murder of Patrice Lumumba, PM of newly independent Congo, with other leading Black jazz musicians being ‘dispatched’ to win hearts and minds in Africa.
Dir: Johan Grimonprez, 2024, Belgium, France, Netherlands,
Starring: Patrice Lumumba, Dag Hammarskjöld, Louis Armstrong
Subtitled
2h 30m mins
Tickets
£7.50
SAC members & friends: £6.50
U18s: £5.50
Film Society members: Free
