Lumumba 2000
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.
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.
Videos & Photos
All 1 Videos & 4 Photoscast
Full Cast & Crew... Patrice Émery Lumumba
... Joseph Mobutu
... Maurice Mpolo
... Joseph Kasa Vubu
... Godefroid Munungo
... Moïse Tshombe
Directors:
Release Date:
May 13, 2000 (Belgium,France,Germany,Haiti)
Run Time:
1hr 55`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
French
Production Countries:
Belgium,France,Germany,Haiti
Status:
Released
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Cast & Crew of
Lumumba
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Patrice Émery Lumumba
... Joseph Mobutu
... Maurice Mpolo
... Joseph Kasa Vubu
... Godefroid Munungo
... Moïse Tshombe
... Joseph Okito
... Thomas Kanza
... Pauline Lumumba
RD
Rudi Delhem... Général Emile Janssens
AD
André Debaar... Walter J. Ganshof Van der Meersch
FA
Francis Adam... Le maître d'hôtel
OB
Olivier Bony... Baudoin
... Le pilote du Dakota
... Belgian soldier
... Helene Bijou
... Belgian visa officer
EHM
Edgar Henri Mato... Un ministre
DT
Den Thatcher... Frank Carlucci
GN
Grace Ndala... Juliana Lumumba