Lumumba

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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.

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Creators

Raoul Peck

director

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Dan Edelstein

writer

Pascal Bonitzer

writer

Raoul Peck

writer

Cast

Eriq Ebouaney actor Alex Descas actor

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Théophile Sowié actor

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Maka Kotto actor

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Dieudonné Kabongo actor

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Pascal N'Zonzi actor

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Cheik Doukouré actor

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Makena Diop actor

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Mariam Kaba actor Rudi Delhem actor

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André Debaar actor

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Francis Adam actor

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Olivier Bony actor

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Alain Bouillé actor

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Pavel Dobrovsky actor

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Mata Gabin actor

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Michael Hofland actor

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Edgar Henri Mato actor

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Den Thatcher actor

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Grace Ndala actor