"Political history has never felt so energising and dynamically alive as it does here.” Screen International Now Largely forgotten, Lumumba was once an icon of the global left whose fame was only increased by the murky circumstances of his assassination. 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