Lumumba

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.

Main Cast

Ériq Ebouaney

Patrice Émery Lumumba

Age : 56 | Popularity : 8%

Alex Descas

Joseph Mobutu

Age : 66 | Popularity : 4%

Théophile Sowié

Maurice Mpolo

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Maka Kotto

Joseph Kasa Vubu

Age : 62 | Popularity : 3%

Dieudonné Kabongo

Godefroid Munungo

Age : 61 | Popularity : 6%

Pascal N'Zonzi

Moïse Tshombe

Age : 73 | Popularity : 6%

Cheik Doukouré

Joseph Okito

Age : 81 | Popularity : 3%

Makena Diop

Thomas Kanza

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Bernard Lutic
Sound	Original Music Composer	Jean-Claude Petit
Directing	Director	Raoul Peck
Writing	Writer	Raoul Peck Pascal Bonitzer Dan Edelstein
Editing	Editor	Jacques Comets
Production	Producer	Jacques Bidou
	Casting	Sylvie Brocheré
Art	Production Design	Denis Renault
	Art Direction	André Fonsny
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Charlotte David
Department	Role	Name

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