Meanwhile, the US sends Louis Armstrong to Congo—not for music, but for distraction.

A gripping story of how music was used as both protest and propaganda.

#FIFDH #SoundtrackToACoup #MusicAndPolitics #JazzAsResistance #PatriceLumumba #ColdWarHistory #UN

Finished! What a powerful film. I will share tomorrow for the morning crowd but #SoundtrackToACoup is a must watch.

Also:

I (DON’T) like Ike!

#SoundtrackToACoup

Seriously, in films like #Lumumba & #LumumbaDeathOfAProphet, the CIA complicity in the assassination is hinted at, but the big villains are the Belgians.

It’s pretty humiliating to watch #SoundtrackToACoup as an American. We do this shit & pretend we didn’t & silence the crap out of it. 🗃️

Honestly, I study and teach decolonization and foreign interference.

But this is maybe the most 🤯 & therefore 😱😡 film I’ve ever seen. It’s connecting a lot of dots about the US & Lumumba that I did not know. #SoundtrackToACoup

Definitely Oscar worthy!!

Clearly this film is in contravention of the EO on history 🙃 because it sure AF is not making me proud of our country. But we should know this history!! #SoundtrackToACoup #UsAssassins

El jazz como arma política. ‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’État’ de Johan Grimonprez revela cómo la CIA usó a Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone y Duke Ellington como embajadores mientras orquestaba golpes de Estado en África.

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