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Lumumba (SOLD OUT)
Raoul Peck - France - 2000 - 110m - 35mm - drama
In French with English subtitles
Legendary African leader Patrice Lumumba was Congo's first prime minister following independence. Despite serving for only a few short months it was one of the most violent and dramatic periods of post-colonial African history. Lumumba was not yet 30 when he was thrust into the center of the international political arena, having previously been a civil servant and spending several years in prison for theft and inciting disorder. He quickly became a hated man, as the head of one of Africa's richest countries. However, his assassination inevitably promoted him to the status of tragic hero. Raoul Peck (Winner of the 2001 HRWIFF Irene Diamond Lifetime Achievement Award) and co-scripter Pascal Bonitzer's film re-creates through intense imagery the tension and constant sense of danger which surrounded Lumumba's brief hold on power. Winner Paul Robeson Prize at FESPACO and Best Feature at the Pan African Film Festival. Courtesy of Zeitgeist Films. Opening at Film Forum on June 27th, 2001.
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