Soundtrack to a coup d'etat is a documentary about how the US government secretly exploited jazz
by editors@theworld.org (Chris Harland-Dunaway) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6VD3A)
During the Cold War, the US State Department sent jazz artists like Louis Armstrong and Dizzie Gillespie to countries in Africa on a goodwill tour. Meanwhile, the United States was also cooperating with Belgium to set up the assassination of the charismatic prime minister of the newly independent Congo. The filmmaker, Johan Grimonprez, talks about these two dual missions, and what they mean for Congo today.