“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”: Screening & Discussion with filmmaker Johan Grimonprez

Screening & Discussion with director Johan Grimonprez
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

March 13 6–9:30 p.m.
James J. Florio Forum
Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick

Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this Oscar® nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba.

Johan Grimonprez’s critically acclaimed work dances on the borders of theory and practice, between art and cinema, beyond the dualisms of documentary and fiction, other and self, mind and brain to weave new pathways and stories, emphasizing a multiplicity of realities. Informed by an archeology of present-day media, his work depicts intimate stories that brush up against the bigger picture of globalization. It questions our collective imagination and the contemporary sublime, one framed by a fear industry that has infected political and social dialogue.

This screening with Q&A to follow is presented by the Department of Art & Design, Rutgers Filmmaking Center, and the Music Department at Mason Gross School of the Arts in partnership with the university’s Zimmerli Art Museum.

FREE and open to all.

Watch the trailer for Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat: