Lumumba, return of a hero

Lumumba, return of a hero (2023)

Documentary

61 years after his assassination, Patrice Lumumba returns to his country. "Congo returns to Congo" as one of his children said. Lumumba was a nationalist leader who intended to use his country's enormous wealth for the benefit of his people. He became the first Prime Minister in the history of Congo on June 30, 1960, when the country gained its independence after 80 years of Belgian colonial rule. Seven months later, he was assassinated in Katanga province with two of his best political allies: Joseph Okito and Maurice Mpolo. Their bodies were dissolved in sulfuric acid and only one of Patrice Lumumba's teeth remained. This "relic" was taken from Lumumba's corpse and kept in secret by a police commissioner until his death in 2000. The assassination of the nationalist and anti-colonialist leader was followed by the advent of the dictator Mobutu, who was able to remain in place until 1997, thanks to Western support.

Directors: Dieudo Hamadi, Benoît Feyt, Quentin Noirfalisse.

Casts

	Patrice Lumumba as Self
	Babetida Sadjo as Commentary
	Tshondo Ngoy Elias as Self
	Jacques Brassine as Self
	Juliana Lumumba as Self
	Roland Lumumba as Self
	Francis Lumumba as Self
	Maurice Mpolo as Self
	Isidore Ndaywel è Nziem as Self
	Ludo De Witte as Self
	Stephen Davignon as Self
	Aliou Baldé as Self
	Mireille-Tsheusi Robert as Self
	Christophe Marchand as Self
	Olivier Blairon as Self

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