• Director(s)

    Johan Grimonprez

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    25/10/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    150m

  • Cast

    -

Film

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

violence, discrimination, sexual violence references, strong language

Focusing on the lead up to the murder of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba in 1961, this documentary examines how jazz music became linked to decolonisation and features frank references to historical racism and violence. …

Focusing on the lead up to the murder of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba in 1961, this documentary examines how jazz music became linked to decolonisation and features frank references to historical racism and violence.

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violence

language

discrimination

sexual violence and sexual threat

threat and horror

sex

drugs

injury detail

  • Director(s)

    Johan Grimonprez

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    25/10/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    150m

  • Cast

    -

violence, discrimination, sexual violence references, strong language
Classified Date:
11/11/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Modern Films
violence
Real historical footage of violence shows Congolese people being aggressively hit, restrained, pushed and rounded up by soldiers and police. Children crouch as bombs are dropped, guns are fired and villages are destroyed. A mercenary describes how killing women and children did not faze him and references are made to torture, executions and lynchings. Other real footage depicts race riots and protestors storming into Government buildings.
language
Infrequent use of strong language ('motherf**ker') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'son of a bitch', 'screw' and 'damn'.
discrimination
There is use of the racist term 'n****r' in archive footage, which is expressed in a directly discriminatory way and by an African-American who challenges the attitudes behind it. Terms such as 'mulatto', 'negro' and 'coloured' are spoken in a historical context. People, such as mercenary soldiers, dehumanise Black people, calling them 'cannibals' and 'jungle primitives'. References are made to lynchings and other racist violence. Racism is clearly condemned by the film throughout.
sexual violence and sexual threat
References are made to sexual violence being carried out by soldiers during the attack on the Congo including a distressing mention to parents being forced to have sex with their children.
Classified Date:
18/10/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Modern Films

  • Classified date

    11/11/2024

  • Language

    English