Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Original Title: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Documentary | 150' | 2024 (Completed)

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Director:	Johan Grimonprez
Producer:	Daan Milius
Writer:	Johan Grimonprez

Full credits

The post-colonial struggle for Congo’s resources, told from the unique perspective of Andrée Blouin, a neglected pioneer of female emancipation and independence throughout Africa.

synopsis

In 1960, sixteen newly independent African countries enter the United Nations, a political earthquake that shifts the majority vote from the colonial powers to the global south. Congo becomes the arena in which the battle over the UN is fought. As Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at the UN-top in reaction to the neo-colonial grab of the resources of newly independent Congo, UN delegates from African Countries are blackmailed. In an incredulous twist Patrice Lumumba’s assassination unites the Afro-Asian block, demanding the UN General Assembly to vote for immediate worldwide decolonization.

Credits

Director
Johan Grimonprez
Producer
Daan Milius
Writer
Johan Grimonprez
Editing
Rik Chaubet
Photography
Jonathan Wannyn
Sound
Ranko Paukovic & Alek Goosse

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Doc
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Documentary
Year of production

2024
Production status
Completed
Original title
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Original language
English, French, Russian, Dutch

Technical specs

Running time
150'
Available in
2D
Aspect ratio
16:9
Sound format
5.1 (+sub)
Available formats
DCP
Colour
Colour

Contact & sales

Contact

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Belgium

T 0488467117
info@zapomatik.com

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Festivals & awards

Festivals

No festival information available.

Awards

No award information available.

Partners

Co-production partners

Warboys films (FR), zap-o-matik (BE), BALDR Film (NL), VRT (BE), RTBF (BE), ZKM (DE)

Supported by

Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Creative Europe Program of the European Union, ARTE France, Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée, Netherlands Film Fund, Field of Vision, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audivisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Image/Mouvement du Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Cinematek Royal Film Archive of Belgium, Royal Museum for Central Africa, KASK & Conservatorium, Procirep Angoa, Sacem