Sunday, May 5, 2:15 p.m. | “A mind-blowingly rich tapestry of research, music, and the jazziest history lesson imaginable” (Harper’s Bazaar), SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT exposes the West’s policies of extraction and exploitation in Africa, connecting Cold War intrigue, American racism, European imperialism, the 1961 assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba, and jazz musicians like Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, and Max Roach, who were all dispatched around the world as players in a larger geopolitical game.

Doc10, now in its ninth year, is Chicago’s only all-documentary film festival that has firmly set its place in Chicago’s cultural scene. Each year the festival screens the 10 best documentaries culled from Sundance, Tribeca, Hot Docs, DOC NYC, and other top-tier festivals across the nation, giving Chicago audiences the first—and often only—opportunity to see extraordinary films. Synopses provided by Doc10. Post-screening conversations will follow all showtimes. Visit doc10.org for tickets and more information.

RELATED EVENTS: Doc10 SHORTS (Sunday, May 5, 11:45 a.m.) and Doc10: DAUGHTERS (Sunday, May 5, 5:45 p.m.)

The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu