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 |