Johan Grimonprez

August 12, 1962 · 63 years old

Johan Grimonprez (born 1962; Roeselare) is a Belgian multimedia artist, filmmaker, and curator. He is most known for his films Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y (1997) which the Guardian included in its article From Warhol to Steve McQueen: a history of video art in 30 works, Double Take (2009) and Shadow World: I…

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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

2024 · 2h 30m · Movie

Jazz 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 Lumu...

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Shadow World

2016 · 1h 34m · Movie

Based on the book of The Shadow World, this feature length documentary is an investigation into the multi-billion dollar international arms trade.

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