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Johan Grimonprez

born 1962

Korbarweng or Where is Your Helicopter 1992
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Biography

Johan Grimonprez (born 1962) is a Belgian multimedia artist, filmmaker, and curator. He is most known for his films Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y (1997), Double Take (2009) and Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade (2016), based on the book by Andrew Feinstein. Grimonprez wrote and directed the documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat on the Congo Crisis.

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  • Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y Inflight

    Johan Grimonprez
    1997–2001
  • Korbarweng or Where is Your Helicopter

    Johan Grimonprez
    1992

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