BLACK ON SCREEN – TWO SHOWINGS

Tuesday • June 17 • Capitola Library • 2005 Wharf Rd • Capitola
Thursday, June 19 • Resource Center for Nonviolence • 612 Ocean St • Santa Cruz
Doors open at 5:30, film at 6 pm
Wheelchair accessible • Donation • RSVP requested

Santa Cruz Black will be screening Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, directed by Johan Grimonprez. Nominated for the 2025 Best Documentary Feature, this film examines the cold war episode when sixteen decolonizing African nations were admitted into the United Nations, only to be subjected to Western neocolonial and psychological warfare tactics.

During a time of lingering Jim Crow, the United States deployed Black jazz musicians as part of an anti-communist global culture war, while supporting the overthrow of Lumumba and Congolese sovereignty, the assassination of Malcolm X, and police repression domestically. This is 150 minutes of world history. Watch the trailer here

There will be light refreshments before the film and a discussion post-screening.

RSVP for the Capitola showing here. 
RSVP for the RCNV showing here.