Direction: Johan Grimonprez

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Johan Grimonprez. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

2024 · Documentary · 150 min. · Belgium

Direction Johan Grimonprez

Cast Louis Armstrong · Miles Davis · Nina Simone · Dizzy Gillespie

Synopsis 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 Lumumba.

7.7

404 votes

7.7

404 votes

Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y

1998 · Documentary · 68 min. · Belgium

Direction Johan Grimonprez

Synopsis DIAL H-I-S-T-O-R-Y, the acclaimed hijacking documentary that eerily foreshadowed 9-11. We meet the romantic skyjackers who fought their revolutions and won airtime on the passenger planes of the 1960's and 1970's. By the 1990's, such characters were apparently no more,...

7.1

35 votes

7.1

35 votes

Shadow World

2016 · Documentary · 94 min. · Belgium

Direction Johan Grimonprez

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

6.7

27 votes

6.7

27 votes

Double Take

2009 · Documentary · 80 min. · Belgium

Direction Johan Grimonprez

Cast Ron Burrage

6.0

30 votes

6.0

30 votes

Blue Orchids

2017 · Documentary · 48 min. · Belgium

Direction Johan Grimonprez

Synopsis In Blue Orchids, Grimonprez creates a double portrait of two experts situated on opposite ends of the same issue––the global arms trade. The stories of Chris Hedges, the former war correspondent of The New York Times, and Riccardo Privitera, a...

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