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Lumumba (2000) - film poster, directed by Raoul Peck

Lumumba

2000
115 min France Feature
Directed by
Raoul Peck
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Synopsis

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.

Key facts

Original language French
Setting Belgium
Filming locations Zimbabwe

Crew

Screenplay Pascal Bonitzer, Dan Edelstein, Raoul Peck

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Titles
Original title Lumumba French
Québec French title Lumumba, retour au Congo
Alternate title Lumumba : Return to the Congo
Soundtracks
CD Lumumba (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Jean-Claude Petit (2000) 1 release, 2000: CAM
Versions & editions
Original version (French)
Full credits
Director Raoul Peck
Screenplay Pascal Bonitzer, Dan Edelstein, Raoul Peck
Identifiers & sources
Wikidata Q3267400
IMDb tt0246765
TMDB 55551
CQ 58490

Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)

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