The New York Times – Film:
The 1990 documentary about Patrice Lumumba by Raoul Peck (“I Am Not Your Negro”), showing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, looks and feels newly minted.
Category: Coups D’Etat and Attempted Coups D’Etat
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Lynn Lynn’s Journey From Rocker to Dissecting Myanmar’s Coup in Film
The New York Times – Music:
Lynn Lynn was a musical idol when he volunteered in 2015 to protect the life of Myanmar’s new civilian leader. Forced to flee after 2021’s coup, he has reinvented himself as a film director.
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Music Videos Promote Niger’s Military After a Coup
The New York Times – Music:
Music videos praising the military have proliferated since generals seized power, highlighting the army’s longstanding importance in Niger and popular dissatisfaction with civilian rule.