Name: IFF Presents: Screening of SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ÉTAT
Start: 2025-03-06T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-06T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Granoff Martinos Auditorium

$IFF Presents: Screening of SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'\u00c9TAT$

Join IFF for a screening of Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the Academy Awards!
About this Event

Join IFF for a FREE screening of Johan Grimonprez’s Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the Academy Awards this year, this groundbreaking film explores the intersection of jazz and decolonization in the '60s. It follows musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach as they crash the UN Security Council in protest against the M**der of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba. With archival footage from jazz legends Louis Armstrong and Nina Simone, testimonies from CIA operatives, and eyewitness accounts, this riveting documentary chronicles the collision of African politics and American jazz and investigates colonial history through a new lens.

Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the Academy Awards this year, this groundbreaking film explores the intersection of jazz and decolonization in the '60s. It follows musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach as they crash the UN Security Council in protest against the M**der of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba. With archival footage from jazz legends Louis Armstrong and Nina Simone, testimonies from CIA operatives, and eyewitness accounts, this riveting documentary chronicles the collision of African politics and American jazz and investigates colonial history through a new lens.

WHERE // Granoff Martinos Auditorium

WHEN // Thursday, March 6th, at 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:40 pm. Runtime is 2 hr, 30 mins.

TRAILER //

This event is FREE. Seating is first come first served.

Bag and Food Policy: Bags, food, and unsealed drinks are not permitted in the auditorium. Please plan accordingly.

Disclaimer: Given that this is a free event we release more tickets than capacity with the expectation that individuals will not show up. The best way to guarantee admission is to show up before 6:30pm. Standby line is admitted around 6:50 pm.