Lumumba (2000)
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.
Director: Raoul Peck
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Ériq Ebouaney as Patrice Émery Lumumba |
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Alex Descas as Joseph Mobutu |
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Théophile Sowié as Maurice Mpolo |
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Maka Kotto as Joseph Kasa Vubu |
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Dieudonné Kabongo as Godefroid Munungo |
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Pascal N'Zonzi as Moïse Tshombe |
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Cheik Doukouré as Joseph Okito |
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Makena Diop as Thomas Kanza |
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Mariam Kaba as Pauline Lumumba |
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Rudi Delhem as Général Emile Janssens |
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André Debaar as Walter J. Ganshof Van der Meersch |
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Francis Adam as Le maître d'hôtel |
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Olivier Bony as Baudoin |
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Alain Bouillé as Le pilote du Dakota |
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Pavel Dobrovsky as Belgian soldier |
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Mata Gabin as Helene Bijou |
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Michael Hofland as Belgian visa officer |
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Edgar Henri Mato as Un ministre |
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Den Thatcher as Frank Carlucci |
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Grace Ndala as Juliana Lumumba |
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Christian Crahay as Van Den Bosch |
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Jean-Pierre Stewart as Timberlake |
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Pierre Geranio as Seulemane |
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Philippe Drecq as Politician |
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Simon Shumba as Attacked Minister |
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Jean-Henri Compère as Prison Director |
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Renaud Rutten as Brussels Journalist |
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Christian Julien as ABAKO Delegate |
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Charles Mucheriwa as Man On Bicycle |
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Taurai Kawara as Baluba Soldier |
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Paul Tingay as Doctor Brower |
| Writing | Dan Edelstein | Writer |
| Production | Sylvie Brocheré | Casting |
| Art | Denis Renault | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charlotte David | Costume Design |
| Directing | Raoul Peck | Director |
| Art | André Fonsny | Art Direction |
| Sound | Dirk Bombey | Sound |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Laforce | Sound |
| Art | Carine Tredgold | Art Direction |
| Production | Diana Elbaum | Associate Producer |
| Production | Philippe Bober | Associate Producer |
| Production | Raoul Peck | Associate Producer |
| Production | Georges Goldenstern | Associate Producer |
| Production | Arlette Zylberberg | Associate Producer |
| Production | Evy Figliolini | Casting |
| Production | Patrick Hella | Casting |
| Production | Simon Shumba | Casting |
| Sound | Pierre Martens | Sound |
| Sound | Marie Guesnier | Sound |
| Sound | Laurent Lévy | Foley |
| Sound | Judith Guittier | Foley |
| Writing | Raoul Peck | Writer |
| Writing | Pascal Bonitzer | Writer |
| Production | Jacques Bidou | Producer |
| Editing | Jacques Comets | Editor |
| Camera | Bernard Lutic | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Jean-Claude Petit | Original Music Composer |
