Peter RileyJan 3
An opening scene in the doc shows Dane flipping through the pages of a massive looseleaf binder that contains her entire #FBI #RedSquad files.
The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane https://hollywoodprogressive.com/film/nine-lives-of-barbara-dane
#BarbaraDane
Show threadPeter RileyJan 3

#Jazz and #decolonisation 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 #PatriceLumumba

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
https://hollywoodprogressive.com/film/soundtrack-to-a-coup-detat

Show threadPeter RileyJan 3

See also #RaoulPeck documentary #Lumumba

Zeitgeist Films
https://web.archive.org/web/20060819045601/http://zeitgeistfilms.com/film.php?directoryname=lumumba

Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumumba_(film)

LetterBoxd
https://letterboxd.com/film/lumumba/

Show threadPeter Riley

See also I Am Not Your Negro (2016 documentary film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Not_Your_Negro
#JamesBaldwin

& Exterminate All The Brutes (4 part mini-series 2021)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exterminate_All_the_Brutes_(miniseries)

More
https://www.hbo.com/exterminate-all-the-brutes

I Am Not Your Negro - Wikipedia

Jan 3 at 8:46amWeb
Show threadPeter RileyJan 3

Based On #Colonialism #Racism & #Genocide in Congo and beyond is chronicled by Sven Lindqvist (1996)
Book Title is a quote by Kurtz from earlier “fiction” classic Heart of Darkness by J.C. (1899)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exterminate_All_the_Brutes_(book)

Text:
https://archive.org/details/exterminateallbr00lind

#SvenLindqvist #josephConrad #Congo

Exterminate All the Brutes (book) - Wikipedia