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Cinéthèque | Soundtrack to a Coup d’État

  • Cinéma

Film by Johan Grimonprez (2025) - 2h30
Grand Prize for Musical Documentary at FIPADOC 2025,
nominated for the 2025 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.
In 1961, artists Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach interrupted the UN Security Council to protest the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of Congo. Louis Armstrong, named “Ambassador of Jazz,” is sent on a mission to Congo by the United States to divert attention from the CIA-backed coup d’état…
In the presence of Johan Grimonprez, artist and visiting professor at Fresnoy this year.

Cinéthèque | Soundtrack to a Coup d’État

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Dates and hours
Tuesday 3 November, 19:00
  • November 2026
    Tuesday 03
    19:00 - 22:00
Tariffs
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Place
22 rue du Fresnoy 59200 Tourcoing
59200 Tourcoing
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