Trailer
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ÉTAT
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the Oscars
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Sun 4 May 4:15 PM
Bellingen Memorial Hall
General Admission
150 Mins
May
Jazz and decolonisation are entwined in this Cold War era historical rollercoaster that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba.
It is the music which provides the ebb and flow of the film by the likes of Nina Simone, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Abbey Lincoln, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus and Ornette Coleman. Max Roach's impassioned drumming is its blistering heartbeat.
Tagline: We're not angry man, we are enraged. You can no longer defer my dream. I'm gonna sing it, dance it, scream it and if need be: I'll steal it from this very earth! (Archie Shepp)
Phil’s review: You had me at ‘jazz’. From the opening scenes and melodious bars, this thoughtful and provocative documentary dares to be 'entertaining', while highlighting another episode in which Western nations meddled in the domestic politics of an African nation, using jazz ambassadors as a cultural diversion. Plus ça change...
It is the music which provides the ebb and flow of the film by the likes of Nina Simone, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Abbey Lincoln, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus and Ornette Coleman. Max Roach's impassioned drumming is its blistering heartbeat.
Tagline: We're not angry man, we are enraged. You can no longer defer my dream. I'm gonna sing it, dance it, scream it and if need be: I'll steal it from this very earth! (Archie Shepp)
Phil’s review: You had me at ‘jazz’. From the opening scenes and melodious bars, this thoughtful and provocative documentary dares to be 'entertaining', while highlighting another episode in which Western nations meddled in the domestic politics of an African nation, using jazz ambassadors as a cultural diversion. Plus ça change...
May