Rémi Greletti
Appearances
Global News Podcast
Zelensky told to leave White House after clash with Trump
Lumumba and his assassination and the plot around that was the centrepiece. But to tell that story, you need to tell it holistically. The US, the CIA in particular, are plotting with Belgium to overthrow and eventually assassinate Patrice Lumumba, but that means speaking about the minerals of dear Congo, that means the Cold War, the jazz and the jazz ambassadors.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky told to leave White House after clash with Trump
I think eventually it does, and it works very well in that sense. The idea behind the use of jazz was that jazz and those artists, like those jazz men and women, were a real part of that story, you know. Louis Armstrong was sent to the Congo and he was touring the Congo at the end of 1960, which is a moment where basically the country is the equivalent of a civil war.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky told to leave White House after clash with Trump
And so it's about how they become almost a character to that story, you know, the jazz and what was happening at the time, politically speaking, I think that make one actually.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky told to leave White House after clash with Trump
In Belgium, it was released in early September of last year and it's been very successful. The press was great. I think Belgium overall is more ready than it used to face that dark chapter of its history. There's a willingness to learn more.