Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

madefromhk.bsky.social

@madefromhk.bsky.social

Soundtrack to a Coup d’État（2024）｜爵士樂、殖民政治與冷戰陰影交織的革命紀錄片

劇情簡介《Soundtrack to a Coup d'État》是一部結合政治史、音樂文化與影像拼貼的紀錄片，聚焦冷戰時期剛果政變的國際角力，並以爵士樂作為敘事核心。影片揭示美國如何運用文化輸出與音樂外交，包裝權力操作與殖民延續，使藝術成為政治行動的背景配樂。 #SoundtrackToACoupDEtat #DocumentaryFilm #PoliticalDocumentary #JazzHistory #ColdWar #AfricanHistory…

Soundtrack to a Coup d’État（2024）｜爵士樂、殖民政治與冷戰陰影交織的革命紀錄片

劇情簡介《Soundtrack to a Coup d'État》是一部結合政治史、音樂文化與影像拼貼的紀錄片，聚焦冷戰時期剛果政變的國際角力，並以爵士樂作為敘事核心。影片揭示美國如何運用文化輸出與音樂外交，包裝權力操作與殖民延續，使藝術成為政治行動的背景配樂。 #SoundtrackToACoupDEtat #DocumentaryFilm #PoliticalDocumentary #JazzHistory #ColdWar #AfricanHistory #ArthouseCinema

madefrom.hk

December 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM

Katia Dansoko

@katiadansoko.bsky.social

Je n’étais pas prête. Quel échange !! Et Johan Grimonprez ! Et sa finesse, son humilité ! Et « La solitude des notes bleues » ! Free jazz, fou jazz. Et Jasmin, élève à Sciences Po Paris, qui s’en va devenir une adepte de Monk, pour sûr. #SoundtrackToACoupDEtat #LaSolitudeDesNotesBleues #JeuDePaume

December 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM

Cinéphile Nostal𝙂𝙚𝙚𝙠 📼

@b-renger.bsky.social

Soundtrack to a Coup d'État (2025)

★★★☆

Trop dense et très didactique, on n’en ressort pas indemne de ce patchwork kaléidoscopique.

✍️ La suite ici :
www.senscritique.com/film/soundtr...

#SoundtrackToaCoupdÉtat #JohanGrimonprez #Documentaire #Film #Cinema #Jazz #Congo #RDC

November 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM

cinemalesevigne.bsky.social

@cinemalesevigne.bsky.social

Lundi 24 novembre à 20h30 au Cinéma Le Sévigné :
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ÉTAT – VO
De Johan Grimonprez
Avec Patrice Lumumba, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie
#lesevigne #Cinema #film #soundtracktoacoupdetat #patricelumumba #louisarmstrong #dizzygillespie #johangrimonprez

November 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM

Stéphane Tonnelat

@stonnelzt.bsky.social

A voir absolument! Sur fond de jazz, Le colonialisme et le 1er secrétaire des nations unies en prennent pour leur grade tandis que Lumumba apparait comme un catalyseur pour la libération des congolais, des africains et des africains américains. #soundtracktoacoupdetat

Elena @elenavedere.bsky.social · Nov 1

Immense

Affiche du film documentaire « Soundtrack to a Coup d'État », réalisé par Johan Grimonprez (2024)

November 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM

Paria sans portefeuille

@pariasans.bsky.social

« #SoundtrackToACoupDEtat, formidable #documentaire, uniquement réalisé à partir d’archives pour certaines inédites ou exhumées de l’oubli, raconte les différentes variations ayant conduit à l’assassinat de #PatriceLumumba... »

avec le réalisateur #JohanGrimonprez

#cinéma #Congo #RDC #CIA #musique

Tous les cinémas du monde - «Soundtrack to a coup d'Etat»: l'histoire secrète, et musicale, de l'assassinat de Lumumba

On dit que la musique adoucit les mœurs. Mais elle peut, aussi, être politique, utilisée comme un outil de soft power ou une tribune de protestation. Soundtrack to a coup d'Etat, formidable documentai...

www.rfi.fr

October 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM

Paria sans portefeuille

@pariasans.bsky.social

« Avec un #documentaire foisonnant, #SoundtrackToACoupDÉtat, le réalisateur belge #JohanGrimonprez raconte l’arrivée au pouvoir au #Congo, en 1960, de #PatriceLumumba, puis son assassinat quelques mois plus tard. Une leçon de choses sur le cynisme du #colonialisme et la puissance du jazz. »

#cinéma

Dans le Congo de Lumumba, la bande-son mondiale de la solidarité

Avec un documentaire foisonnant, Soundrack to a Coup d’État, le réalisateur belge Johan Grimonprez raconte l’arrivée au pouvoir au Congo, en 1960, de Patrice Lumumba, puis son assassinat quelques (…)

afriquexxi.info

October 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM

Gita Ralleigh

@gitaralleigh.bsky.social

For anyone who hasn't seen it, the amazing #SoundtracktoaCoupDEtat is now streaming.
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...

June 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM

MisterSpoQ (He Him His)

@misterspoq.bsky.social

kinolorber.com/film/soundtr...

🇨🇩
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
#SoundtracktoaCoupdEtat
@kinolorber.com

#InternationalJazzDay
#JazzDay

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

The incredible story of how jazz music and soft power were used on both fronts of America's ideological battles during the Cold War - including in the Congo. An epic, original and supremely stylish tr...

kinolorber.com

April 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM

pheralphilosopher.bsky.social

@pheralphilosopher.bsky.social

I still need a link to watch this 🖤
#soundtracktoacoupdetat

youtu.be/rbyjm7AKfAE?...

Congo, Jazz & the CIA: Oscar-Nominated "Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat" Revisits Lumumba Assassination

YouTube video by Democracy Now!

youtu.be

April 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM

Alyssa S.

@drsepinwall.bsky.social

Just watched #NoOtherLand 🎥📽️ FINALLY when it came near me.

At first I thought: I’ve seen many anti-Occupation films, #SoundtrackToACoupDetat was better & should’ve won.

But by the end: this is an ESSENTIAL film that everyone must see NOW.

🤬 censorship. & Go this week while it’s screening!

Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · Mar 23

Going to the cinema today 😷(3rd time since 3/20) to see No Man's Land - cuz I can't stream it anywhere!

(Does that fit with the guy who put me on a blocklist of "AsaJews" & "N*zis who love murder & rape?" I'm sure I can daven faster than he does & he doesn't have a Jewish Studies PhD, but whatever)

March 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM

brfaucette.bsky.social

@brfaucette.bsky.social

Today’s viewing: #SoundtracktoaCoupdetat (Grimonprez, 2024) an outstanding documentary that will challenge and change how you think about jazz music, the Cold War, US foreign policy, and the United Nations role in Africa then and now.

March 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM

Aurelie Pols

@aureliepols.bsky.social

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat is an amazing documentary about the assassination of Congo’s Patrice Lumumba. Ambitious in scope and brilliant in its execution. Incredible music.
#SoundtracktoaCoupdEtat #Congo #PatriceLumumba #JohanGrimonprez

Filmin @filmin.es · Feb 28

¿Puede ser el jazz un arma política?

🎷 Hoy llega a Filmin “Banda sonora para un golpe de estado”, el documental nominado al #Oscar que nos cuenta cómo la CIA usó la música como elemento disuasorio en el asesinato del líder congoleño Patrice Lumumba.

March 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM

Paul

@marathonswift.bsky.social

boxd.it/906KqX

Oscar nominated documentary fusing jazz with political history creating a mesmerising and educational watch #SoundtrackToACoupDEtat

A ★★★★ review of Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)

Nominated for an Oscar for best Doumentary Feature its interesting that this should be directed by a Belgian in Johan Grimonprez as like the USA they are pinnacle to this piece of history and not in a...

boxd.it

March 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM

Sean Patrick Kelly

@skonmovies.ca

#SoundtracktoaCoupdEtat is a too long documentary that is all about editing its archival footage of 1960s political turmoil in Congo with its soundtrack by jazz legends. However, that might be enough to win the film the #Oscar.

March 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM

I Actually Paid to See This

@actuallypaid.bsky.social

Night 20 of the #Oscar Blitz looks at #DocumentaryFeature! Read on for analysis of #BlackBoxDiaries, #NoOtherLand, #PorcelainWar, #SoundtrackToACoupDEtat, and #Sugarcane!

Oscar Blitz 2025 - Documentary Feature actuallypaid.com/2025/02/25/o...

Oscar Blitz 2025 – Documentary Feature

One of the more depressing aspects of life in these United States over the last decade or so is the systematic eradication of facts. One individual at the center of our government has been the foca…

actuallypaid.com

February 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM

Seth V

@beernut1.bsky.social

#OSCARRace2025 review #SoundtrackToACoupdEtat an interesting #Documentary on how the American Government has used its artists & musicians to promote Government policies & but not always promoting Democracy. Well made movie, let’s the viewer make up their own minds. 8.5 ⭐️ out of 10⭐️ boxd.it/8XqVx9

A ★★★½ review of Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)

This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.

boxd.it

February 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM

The Left Berlin 🔴

@theleftberlin.bsky.social

Johan Grimonprez’s new film is a superb introduction to the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the continued exploitation of the post-independence Global South and jazz music

By Phil Butland

www.theleftberlin.com/film-review-... #patricelumumba #lumumba #Congo #soundtracktoacoupdetat #colonialism