Filmography : Johan Grimonprez

September 2024

Soundtrack to a Coup d'État

 Directed by: Johan GrimonprezJazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba.

November 2016

Shadow World

Documentary Directed by: Johan GrimonprezBased on the book of The Shadow World, this feature length documentary is an investigation into the multi-billion dollar international arms trade.

January 2010

Double Take

Action, Comedy Directed by: Johan GrimonprezWith: Ron BurridgeDirector Johan Grimonprez casts Alfred Hitchcock as a paranoid history professor, unwittingly caught up in a Double Take on the cold war period. The master says all the wrong things at all the wrong times while politicians on both sides desperately clamber to say the right things, live on TV.... Read more...