Description
What do you get when you mix colonial politics, the CIA and a slew of incredible jazz icons?
A wildly inventive and superbly edited documentary that makes wonderful use of a treasure trove of archives to tell a very knotty and sometimes incredulous history of power, music and politics.
Synopsis
It’s the early 1960s. Patrice Lumumba and the Congolese are trying to shake off Belgium's continuing, insidious colonial hold. The great Dizzy Gillespie is yet to rename the White House, the Blues House. And the CIA and US government are about to start capitalising on the growing global influence of Black America's jazz greats – from Louis Armstrong to Nina Simone – to try to surreptitiously control the future of postcolonial Africa.
Awards
- World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award, Sundance 2024
- Winner Grand Prix, Sofia International Film Festival 2024
- Persistence of Vision Award, San Francisco International Film Festival 2024
Credits
Director: Johan Grimonprez
Screenwriter Johan Grimonprez
Cinematographer: Jonathan Wannyn
Editor: Rik Chaubet
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Event date: Feb 17 - 18
Ticket Price Information: Price $22
Time(s): Doors open 6pm; film start 8pm
Event Venue: Somerville Auditorium
Accessibility: Wheelchair access
Ticket on-sale date: 11 Dec 2024
Films: Film festivals, Outdoor movies
Event Company: Perth Festival