"Political history has never felt so energising and dynamically alive as it does here.” Screen International Patrice Lumumba, largely forgotten today, was the beacon of hope for African independence movements in the early 1960s, the first electetd prime minister of independent Congo until his assisnation under murky circumstances. Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat is "expansive, a sweeping, furious, propulsive dive into history, focusing on the reportedly C.I.A.-led assassination of the Congolese prime minister Patrice Lumumba in 1960. The story moves along at a pace that makes your heart race: It’s a thriller, a history lesson and a warning, all in one.” The New York Times