

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $311.5K
- Language
- Arabic
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- war crimes
- cold war
- congo
- coup d'etat
- belgium
- fidel castro
- colonisation
- torture
- genocide
- united nations
- u.s. embassy
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival22 Jan 2024
- PremiereMoMA Documentary Fortnight29 Feb 2024
- PremiereCleveland International Film Festival10 Apr 2024
- PremiereSarasota Film Festival11 Apr 2024
- PremiereSan Francisco International Film Festival25 Apr 2024
- PremiereChicago DOC10 Film Festival5 May 2024
- PremiereSeattle International Film Festival15 May 2024
- PremiereCinetopia Film Festival / DC/DOX Film Festival15 Jun 2024
- PremiereCamden International Film Festival13 Sept 2024
- PremiereNew/Next Film Festival4 Oct 2024
- PremiereHamptons International Film Festival13 Oct 2024
- PremiereMontclair Film Festival19 Oct 2024
- PremiereFilmColumbia Film Festival21 Oct 2024
- PremiereAFI Fest25 Oct 2024
- PremiereVirginia Film Festival30 Oct 2024
- TheatricalNR1 Nov 2024
- Digital / OTTNR7 Jan 2025
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival15 Oct 2024
- Digital / OTT1230 Dec 2024
AustraliaAU
- PremiereSydney Film Festival7 Jun 2024
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival12 Aug 2024
- TheatricalM13 Feb 2025
- PremiereCastlemaine Documentary Film Festival6 Jul 2025
CanadaCA
- PremiereVancouver International Film Festival26 Sept 2024
ArgentinaAR
- PremiereBuenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema18 Apr 2024
AustriaAT
- PremiereViennale Film Festival22 Oct 2024
- Theatrical3 Apr 2025
BelgiumBE
- PremiereDocville International Documentary Film Festival20 Mar 2024
- Theatrical11 Sept 2024
BrazilBR
- PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival6 Oct 2024
- Theatrical30 Jan 2025
BulgariaBG
- PremiereSofia Film Festival17 Mar 2024
CzechiaCZ
- PremiereJi.hlava International Documentary Film Festival25 Oct 2024
FranceFR
- TVà 23h20 sur Arte•tv26 Jun 2025
- Theatrical1 Oct 2025
GermanyDE
- PremiereFilmfest Hamburg27 Sept 2024
- Theatrical166 Feb 2025
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat was released on 11 September 2024.
Audience reviews
2- C7/10
CinemaSerf
11/23/2024
This documentary is a serious testament to the archivist's art as it pieces together an impressive array of imagery of the great and the good of American Jazz and combines that with some intimate actuality of the turbulence ongoing in the Congo as it strived for independence. Why might anyone care about the future of an impoverished African nation that had all but bankrupted it's "owner" - King Leopold II of Belgium?…
- B5/10
Brent Marchant
1/9/2025
Perhaps the most important objective of a documentary is to shed light on a subject and make it comprehensible and insightful for viewers, especially when it involves little-known material. However, when it comes to writer-director Johan Grimonprez’s latest offering, that goal is sorely compromised in multiple respects. The film examines (or, more precisely, attempts to examine) the complex history of the Congo’s str…
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