Soundtrack to A Coup D’Etat
Location
Theatre Royal
About
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
An expansive, sweeping, furious, propulsive dive into history, focusing on the reportedly C.I.A.-led assassination of the Congolese prime minister Patrice Lumumba in 1960. With music that is inseparable from that political agency it'll have you moving and shaking in glorious cacophony.
Running Time: 2 hrs 30 mins
Director & writer: Johan Grimonprez
Producers: Rémi Grellety, Daan Milius
Editor: Rik Chaubet
Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands
An expansive, sweeping, furious, propulsive dive into history, focusing on the reportedly C.I.A.-led assassination of the Congolese prime minister Patrice Lumumba in 1960. With music that is inseparable from that political agency it'll have you moving and shaking in glorious cacophony.
Running Time: 2 hrs 30 mins
Director & writer: Johan Grimonprez
Producers: Rémi Grellety, Daan Milius
Editor: Rik Chaubet
Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands