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Lumumba (Retour au Congo)
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Movie propaganda
At the Berlin conference of 1885, Europe divided up the African continent. The Congo became the personal property of King Leopold II of Belgium.
On 30 June 1960, a young self-taught nationalist, Patrice Lumumba (Eriq Ebouaney), became, at age 36, the first head of government of the new independent state. He would last two months in office.
This is a true story.
Lumumba is a gripping political thriller which tells the story of the legendary African leader Patrice Emery Lumumba. Called "The politico of the bush" by journalists of his day, the brilliant and charismatic Lumumba, rose rapidly to the office of Prime Minister when Belgium conceded the Congo's independence in 1960.
Lumumba's vision of a united Africa gained him powerful enemies: the Belgian authorities, who wanted a much more paternal role in their former colony's affairs, and the CIA, who supported Lumumba's former friend Joseph Mobutu (Alex Descas) in order to protect USA business interests in Congo's vast resources and their upper hand in the Cold War power balance. The architects behind Lumumba's brutal death in 1961, a mere nine months after becoming the country's first Prime Minister, recently became known and are dramatised for the first time in Lumumba.
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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film biography Congo Patrice Lumumba independence politics Belgium Africa CIA assassination
Persons of interest
- Eriq Ebouaney .... Patrice Lumumba
- Alex Descas .... Joseph Mobutu
- Théophile Sowié .... Maurice Mpolo
- Maka Kotto .... Joseph Kasa Vubu
- Dieudonné Kabongo .... Godefroid Munungo
- Pascal N'Zonzi .... Moïse Tshombe
- André Debaar .... Walter J Ganshof Van der Meersch
- Cheik Doukouré .... Joseph Okito
- Oumar Diop Makena .... Thomas Kanza
- Mariam Kaba .... Pauline Lumumba
- Rudi Delhem .... Général Emile Janssens
- Mata Gabin .... Helene Bijou
- Pascal Bonitzer .... Screenwriter
- Raoul Peck .... Screenwriter
- Raoul Peck .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- Lumumba official movie site
- Lumumba QuickTime movie trailers
- NB: French and Lingala languages with English language subtitles
- Studios and distributors:
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
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Security censorship classification
M (Medium level violence, adult themes)
Surveillance time
115 minutes (1:55 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 7 February 2002
DVD rental: 1 October 2003
DVD retail: 1 October 2003
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