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LUMUMBA

by Raoul Peck

synopsis

The story of Patrice Lumumba, a political activist in the Belgian Congo who is released from prison after intervention from Belgian benefactors and goes on to become Prime Minister of the new Congo. He is subsequently brutally murdered under circumstances which remain controversial half a century later.

international title: Lumumba
original title: Lumumba
country: France, Belgium
year: 2000
genre: fiction
directed by: Raoul Peck
release date: FR 04/10/2000
screenplay: Raoul Peck, Pascal Bonitzer
cast: Mariam Kaba, Eriq Ebouaney, Alex Descas, Theophile Moussa Sowie, Andre Debaar
producer: Raoul Peck, Jacques Bidou, Diana Elbaum, Philippe Bober, Richard Boidin, Georges Goldenstern, Arlette Zylberberg
production: JBA Production, Entre Chien et Loup, ARTE France Cinéma, Essential Filmproduktion, Liberator Productions, Velvet Film
backing: Canal+, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Communauté Française de Belgique, Cofimage 10, Eurimages, Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma, L'Agence de la Francophonie (ACCT), Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF), Vlaamse Radio en Televisie (VRT), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
distributor: Océan Films, Cinéart, A-Film Distribution, Cinematograph Filmverleih

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