Lumumba

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 27, 2000

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French, Lingala, English

Countries

Haiti, France, Germany, Belgium

Production

RTBF,ARTE France Cinéma,Entre Chien et Loup,Essential Filmproduktion,Velvet Film,Hubert Bals Fund,JBA Production

Cast

Renaud Rutten,Mata Gabin,Christian Julien,Théophile Sowié,Philippe Drecq,Edgar Henri Mato,Den Thatcher,Olivier Bony,Pierre Geranio,Pascal N'Zonziand 21 more

Director

Raoul Peck

Writer

Pascal Bonitzer,Raoul Peck,Dan Edelstein

Producer

Jacques Bidou

Cinematography

Bernard Lutic

Music

Jean-Claude Petit

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0246765