Lumumba
The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and director Raoul Peck renders an emotional and tautly woven account of the mail clerk and beer salesman with a flair for oratory and an uncompromising belief in the capacity of his homeland to build a prosperous nation independent of its former Belgian overlords. Lumumba emerges here as the heroic sacrificial lamb dubiously portrayed by the international media and led to slaughter by commercial and political interests in Belgium, the United States, the international community, and Lumumba's own administration; a true story of political intrigue and murder where political entities, captains of commerce, and the military dovetail in their quest for economic and political hegemony.
Year: 2000
Studio: JBA Production, RTBF, Entre Chien et Loup, Essential Filmproduktion, ARTE France Cinéma, Velvet Film, ZDF/Arte, Canal+, VRT
Director: Raoul Peck
Cast: Ériq Ebouaney, Alex Descas, Théophile Sowié, Maka Kotto, Dieudonné Kabongo, Pascal N'Zonzi
Crew: Sylvie Brocheré (Casting), Charlotte David (Costume Design), Denis Renault (Production Design), Dan Edelstein (Writer), Raoul Peck (Director), André Fonsny (Art Direction)
Keyword : congo, democratic republic of the congo
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