Event Details
Reel-Time Theaters, Ramstein Main Exchange
Bldg 3336 (GPS: Esso Station right outside West Gate)
(Must have base access)
UMGC in Europe Presents: Screened History: Global Pasts in Francophone Films Festival series
Screened History is a film series curated by UMGC Professor Dr. Michael Mulvey consisting of 6 films that challenge viewers to think about complicated and diverse pasts. The festival reflects on how francophone filmmakers intentionally construct pasts and make arguments about the past for audiences. How do filmmakers educate viewers via staging, authenticity claims, and archival evidence about pasts? The festival includes documentary formats and fictionalized dramaturgies, allowing audiences to consider how filmmakers visualize historical narratives. The proposed films deal with complex issues from slavery and resistance to colonization and decolonization.
This series is presented in partnership with the Albertine Cinémathèque 2025–2026 Film Festival season. Albertine Cinémathèque is part of the French For All initiative by Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education, and the Albertine Foundation, with support from the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC).
Tickets: This no-cost event is hosted by the University of Maryland Global Campus in Europe and is open to anyone with access to Ramstein Air Base. Tickets are limited.
To guarantee your seats, please RSVP using the link below before 1700 on the day of the film, and plan to arrive at the theater at least 10 minutes before showtime.
Title: Soundtrack to a Coupe D’Etat
Time: Thursday, 5 March at 1830
Location: Reel-Time Theaters, Ramstein Main Exchange
Trailer: https://youtu.be/_RwLdIiZk_8?si=2VtFCAHYty4YiyPm
Summary:
United Nations, 1960: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe, and the U.S State Department swings into action, sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to the Congo. Director Johan Grimonprez explores a moment when jazz, colonialism, and espionage collided, constructing a riveting historical rollercoaster that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba. Sundance award winner Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat interrogates colonial history to tell an urgent and timely story that resonates more than ever in today’s geopolitical climate.
For questions, please contact Dr. Michael Mulvey at Michael.Mulvey@umgc.edu .
RSVP Link: https://forms.office.com/r/KKKaPjB0kT