SOUNDTRACK… is a staggering a achievement. Hands down one of the very best documentaries of the year, it’s a film that you are going to watch multiple times because it is so full of information and amazing sequences that you will need to see it again and again to process it all. Structured like a jazz piece the film moves and breaths and dances around like something that is a living breathing entity. It’s an overwhelming piece of filmmaking.
The film is the story of what happened in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the 1960’s when all the hope was crushed by the intervention of non-African powers made sure that Patrice Lumumba's life was cut short. It’s a sad tale that set the stage for a great deal of what has happened in the last 60 years.
This is a hell of a film which doesn’t seem to leave any stone unturned. It goes into all sorts of unexpected places and connects them up via a brilliant structure that bounces us from point to point with out losing our attention and making sure we are following along. I was kind of shocked at the details this film shows us, including the insanity of what happened during the shooting of the infamous documentary AFRICA ADDIO (the directors may or may have paid to film an execution). When the two and a half hours were done I was ready to go again.
I need to see this again in order to really write on it. For now, just see it.
Know I love this film a great deal. I can’t imagine it not getting on the Oscar short list and making a run for the award.
Highly recommended.
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