Film Screening: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)

A 2025 Oscar nominee for Best Documentary Feature, *Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat* traces the intersection of jazz, Cold War politics, and African decolonization in 1960. The film follows Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach disrupting a UN Security Council session while the State Department deploys Louis Armstrong to Congo as a cultural counterweight to a CIA-backed coup. The screening runs 150 minutes and is not rated. English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing will be available. It takes place Wednesday evening, December 9, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at Altgeld in Riverdale.