Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

[ironymaiden]

A furious powerpoint about Western powers' collusion in the overthrow of Patrice Lumumba's government of Congo. It's entirely an assemblage of period news footage, interviews, and pop culture - mostly jazz. There is too much to cover, which is why it was a solid two and a half hours. The shit the US did because of the cold war, the racism, the way of all things Khrushchev was telling the truth... now very sorry I couldn't schedule the Hammerskjold biopic since he was so central