It is an actor that plays a pivotal role in the goings-on of a certain period in history.

Not that you would want to, of course.

A ruse put together by American and European governments and companies to keep colonial violence going unchecked.

Andrée Blouin surrounded by two men in Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

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‘Flow’ is among the films arriving on streaming this weekend.

The timeline portrayed inSoundtrack to a Coup d’Etatis shocking.

Congo’s de facto independence lasted for less than a year.

A picture of Patrice Lumumba in Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

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Or, at least, not in the sense we usually understand them.

Otherwise, we might unwittingly commit crimes such as calling things apolitical when they are anything but.

Without this musical intermission, there is no context for when the syncopated beats eventually make their way back.

Cat, dog, and bird in ‘Flow’

To put it simply,Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etatis a film essential to understanding the world.

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etatis now available to stream on VOD services.

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