AMERICA’S WEAPON WAS A BLUE NOTE IN A MINOR KEY.

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat T-Shirt, made in collaboration with @modernfilmsent

Johan Grimonprez’s documentary Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat (2024) reveals the curious link between Black Americans’ fight for civil rights and the assassination of Congo’s first democratically elected Black African prime minister. Featuring Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, Dizzy Gillepsie, Malcolm X and more.

Available online now.