We welcome Johan Grimonprez, director of the award-winning documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat. The Belgian filmmaker explains how he synched complex geopolitical history from the late 1950s and early '60s to the music of jazz giants like Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie. His dizzying achievement exposes the plot by the U.S., the UN secretary general, and Belgium to assassinate charismatic Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba, all while the band played on.

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