Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (+ Interval)

How Cold War politics, colonialism and jazz intertwined in 1960s Congo. All set to a syncopated, driving beat. Set during the final months of the revolutionary Congolese politician Patrice Lumumba’s life, Grimonprez’s documentary, anchored by the rhythm of American jazz, forensically investigates the incendiary politics of the nascent Democratic Republic of Congo in 1960. In doing so, it reveals...