2000

Haiti - Democratic Republic of Congo - Benelux - Germany - Austria - United States

116min - 35mm - 1.85 - Color

Original language: French (with parts in lingala)

Cast

Eriq Ebouaney 
Alex Descas
Théophile Moussa Sowie
André Debaar
Mariam Kaba
Cheik Doukouré
Dieudonné Kabongo Bashila
Pascal Nzonzi
Rudi Delhem

Credits

Director: Raoul Peck
Scripts: Raoul Peck, Pascal Bonitzer
Producer: Jacques Bidou
Production companies: JBA PRODUCTION, RTBF, ENTRE CHIEN ET LOUP, VELVET FILMS, ESSENTIAL FILMPRODUKTION, ARTE FRANCE CINEMA
Editing: Jacques Comets
Image: Bernard Lutic
Music: Jean-Claude Petit

Festivals & Awards

2000

Cannes Film Festival - Directors' Fortnight

2001

Saint-Domingue Film Festival 

Best Film Pan African Film, Beverley Hills

Best Feature Fespaco

Diaspora Prize 11ème Milan African Festival

Public prize of the Town of Milan

Best Actor for Eriq Ebouaney, Jury Prize, Grand Prize OCIC Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, USA

Irène Diamond Lifetime Achievement Award for Raoul Peck , Acapulco Black Film Festival

Filmmaker Trophy, Quinto Encuentro latinoamerica de Cine Lima

Fellini Prize given by UNESCO

Prize of the Episcopal Conference, Perou

LUMUMBA

a film by :Raoul Peck

Patrice Lumumba, the hero of Congolese independence, was not yet 30 when the first tremors of botched decolonisation thrust him to the forefront of the international political area. After a course of a few years, Lumumba, became the most reviled man of this intense cold war period. Becoming Prime Minister of one of the richest countries in Africa, Lumumba’s destiny as tragic hero was charted, his assassination already programmed. He would remain in power only three months. All that remained for his murderers to do was dispose of his body.

French Synopsis :

Patrice Lumumba, héros de l’indépendance congolaise, n’a pas trente ans lorsque les premiers soubresauts d’une décolonisation bâclée le propulsent sur le devant de la scène politique internationale. De fonctionnaire indigène au bureau de poste de Stanleyville, en passant plusieurs séjours en prison pour vol ou pour incitation au désordre, il deviendra en l’espace de quelques années l’homme le plus vilipendé de cette période intensive de la guerre froide. Période qui a mené le monde au bord d’un conflit mondial. Devenu Premier Ministre de l’un des pays les plus riches d’Afrique, son destin de héros tragique était tout tracé, son assassinat dès lors programmé. Il ne restera que trois mois au pouvoir. Ses assassins n’avaient plus alors qu’à faire disparaître son corps.

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