We turn now to the Oscar-nominated documentary soundtrack to Aku-Data, told entirely through our

carvel footage the film's a sweeping story of the events leading up to the pivotal chapter

in Congo's history, the 1961 assassination of the Congolese president, the independence

leader, Patrice Lumumba.

The film tracing the long, brutal history of mineral exploitation in Congo from the time when

Congo was a possession of the Belgian King Leopold, the second, all the way to the conflict

minerals of today, showing the power of the mining industry, highlighting the role of the

Belgian mining company, Union Minier, in the

overthrow and murder of Lumumba. Soundtrack to a coup d'etat features several key leaders at the time,

including President Eisenhower, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushche, former UN Secretary General

Doug Homersholtz, as well as the jazz legends, Abby Lincoln, Max Roach, Nina Simone,

Dizig Gillespie, Louis Armstrong.

This is a trailer.

One of America's most popular emissaries

arrives in the troubled Congo

on a State Department's Goodwill mission.

Louis Solid Swinging Outrage at Radio Moscow,

which blasted Armstrong's visit as a diversionary tactic.

The people in the Congo are entitled

to build up their country in peace and freedom.

Hold be close and old be best.

We were to go to a little bit to attend a concert given by Louis Armstrong.

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