Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat review – superb study of how jazz got caught between the cold war and the CIA | Music documentary | The Guardian Johan Grimonprez’s fascinating documentary uses the assassination of DRC prime minister Patrice Lumumba to launch a dizzying look into the politics of jazz in the 1950s and 60s

Any history educators want to help turn this into a Cold War lesson?
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26.11.2024 08:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Coups, colonialism and all that jazz: the film that unravels extraordinary cold war truths Johan Grimonprez’s documentary Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat reveals the curious link between Black Americans’ fight for civil rights and the assassination of Congo’s first democratically elected Black ...

What a phenomenal film

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🎺What an important film 🎺
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25.11.2024 15:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks for reposting. Thomas Weber has been exceptionally kind answering follow up questions after his thought provoking talk on the changing definition and usage of the word Propaganda and the influence of British state techniques on the Nazis

18.11.2024 07:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The SATH session that fired up my synapses was
Keynote speaker: Professor Thomas Weber
The World Wars of Disinformation and Demagoguery, Then and Now. Thomas has recently acted as Historical Consultant for the film ‘Goebbals and the Fuhrer’ focusing on the development of disinformation etc

17.11.2024 08:15 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

So much to enjoy at the SATH (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿History Teachers) conference yesterday.
Thanks to the academics that gave up their time to ask questions, make connections and share their research to update our classroom teaching.

It was lovely to meet Karin Bowie who was so engaged with our concerns.

17.11.2024 08:10 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0