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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0795975202732
Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Zeitgeist Films
Manufacturer: Zeitgeist Films
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Zeitgeist Films
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 05, 2002
Running Time: 115 minutes
Sales Rank: 42735
Studio: Zeitgeist Films
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Editorial Review:
Description:
Made in the tradition of such true-life political thrillers as MALCOLM X and JFK, Raoul Peck's award-winning LUMUMBA is a gripping epic that dramatizes for the first time the rise and fall of legendary African leader Patrice Lumumba. When the Congo declared its independence from Belgium in 1960, the 36-year-old, self-educated Lumumba became the first Prime Minister of the newly independent state. Called 'the politico of the bush' by journalists of the day, he became a lightning rod of Cold War politics as his vision of a united Africa gained him powerful enemies in Belgium and the U.S. Lumumba would last just months in office before being brutally assassinated. Strikingly photographed in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Belgium as civil war once again raged in the Congo, the film vividly re-creates the shocking events behind the birth of the country that became Zaire during the reign of Lumumba's former friend and eventual nemesis, Joseph Mobutu. This is the English-dubbed version of the film.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - a tapestery of lies
Raoul Peck seems to be have been troubled by the facts of his subjects life so he made up his own. This film is basically untruth from beginning to end. Its wishful thinking and self-deception as history.
Patrice Lumumba became a mythological figure in death that the real man doesn't live up to. Lumumba was a congolese politician who was handed power by the departing belgians and within days had destroyed the country. In succession, he triggered an army mutiny which he then tried to ... Read More
Rating:  - Lumumba
Raoul Peck's political thriller vibrates with tension, as we see how Lumumba's rise to prominence was punctuated by some extremely rough handling by the prior regime, and that once in power, his respite from such brutal treatment would be tragically short. Ebouaney is electric as the fiery, defiant Lumumba, a man whose worst sin was not sensing and neutralizing the treacherous forces surrounding him. This tight, involving film packs a wallop in reviving a disturbing chapter in Africa's turbulent history.
Rating: - Lumumba
At the least this film is a cold shower to your heart & soul, to stir & aliven your sensory skills, to the awareness of families strengthened by power of love and intense sacrifices. The unspoken "brothers" that laid themselves at the altar of sacrifice, knowing full well they may shortlive seeing the fruition of their convictive destiny. It brings insight to the book, "Bloods," by a Cornell fellow. Lumumba, brought me insight into the realm above my own quagmire haze of short perspective and into ... Read More
Rating: - A part of African history everyone should know about
I enjoyed this movie very much. Accoring to most available literature, this movie is historically accurate. Peck is a well respected director and seems to have done a good job presenting the truth. Lumumba is an icon in African history and he represents the hope and optimism of post-colonial Africa. His death was a tragedy and it leads us to wonder "What if...". This is an important chapter in modern African history and we are lucky that such a well-made movie has helped tell this story to the world.
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Rating: - Important subject matter, a bit hard to follow
I would recommend this film, but couched in the warning that I found it a bit hard to follow. There are a lot of characters - the various political figures - and sometimes it's hard to keep them all straight. It's definitely important subject matter though - an interesting glimpse into the colonial forces that shaped modern Africa and the struggles that continue today in many of its troubled nations.
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