'Soundtrack to a Coup d'État' highlights one of the most insidious political machinations of the 20th century: how the Belgian monarchy, the U.S. government and multinational corporations conspired to use art institutions and legendary jazz musicians as cover for covert operations to assassinate Congo's prime minister, Patrice Lumumba.

How did the Belgian monarchy and the CIA collude to use jazz musicians as cover after the assassination of Patrice Lumumba? Grimonprez pulls out the archives. 

Soundtrack to a Coup d’État

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Eleven directors from different backgrounds - including Imamura - each give an eleven-minute, nine-second, one-image account of the repercussions of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, in an attempt to better discern the human dimension of the tragedy.

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In 1961, an unknown 19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York City with his guitar and forges relationships with music icons on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking performance that reverberates worldwide.

Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan. From director James Mangold, who previously adapted the life of Johnny Cash in Walk the Line.

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