We have launched a new project! Its aim is to support the distribution of documentary films and also to care for the Ji.hlava audience. Everyone who buys an accreditation will get exclusive online access to one film per month. All films will be subtitled in Czech.
Film of the month: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Patrice Lumumba became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the Congo in 1960. The following year, he was executed in a coup engineered by Western powers. Lumumba's fate is intertwined with the stories of legendary jazzmen such as Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong. Their music served as a smokescreen for the activities of governments seeking to suppress the Pan-African movement and maintain Western hegemony. With a relaxed jazz beat and a sense of historical irony, director Johan Grimonprez assembles a carefully edited collage of interviews, archival footage and sound recordings. Filling in the white spaces on the map of the Cold War, he is particularly attentive to the links between colonialism and the media.
The movie will be available after you log in with your account with a valid accreditation. You can buy an accreditation here.
Watch film of the month here.
