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Lumumba, return of a hero (2023)
Directed by Dieudo Hamadi, Benoît Feyt, Quentin Noirfalisse
Documentary · 1h 26m
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.
Cast
Patrice Lumumba
Babetida Sadjo
Crew
- Director
- Dieudo Hamadi, Benoît Feyt, Quentin Noirfalisse
- Writer
- Quentin Noirfalisse, Dieudo Hamadi, Benoît Feyt
- Director of Photography
- Adrien Lengrand, Benjamin Morel, Dieudo Hamadi, Maximilien Charlier, Rodolphe de Brabandere
- Original Music Composer
- Rodriguez Vangama
- Editor
- Gaëlle Hardy
- Producer
- Quentin Noirfalisse, Antoine Sanchez
Details
- Original title
- Lumumba, le retour d'un héros
- Release date
- 2023-09-24
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French, Lingala, Swahili
- Countries
- Belgium
- Production
- Dancing Dog Productions, RTBF