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Lumumba, return of a hero (2023)

ALL 09/24/2023 (fr) Documentary 86 Min
  • Release
    09/24/2023
  • Production
    Dancing Dog Productions, RTBF
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  • Original title
    Lumumba, le retour d'un héros
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
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Overview

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.

  2. Story

  3. Gaëlle Hardy

    Editor



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Lumumba, return of a hero (2023) 86 Min

ALL 09/24/2023 (fr)
Documentary
  • Release 09/24/2023
  • Production
    Dancing Dog Productions, RTBF
  • Original title Lumumba, le retour d'un héros
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Dieudo Hamadi, Benoît Feyt, Quentin Noirfalisse

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Gaëlle Hardy

    Editor

  4. Quentin Noirfalisse, Antoine Sanchez

    Producer



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