Raoul Peck: Lumumba (Movie recommendation)
Friday, 17. November 2006, 14:28:45
"Lumumba"by Raoul Peck
with Eriq Ebouaney,
Alex Descas,
Théophile Sowié,
Maka Kotto, ...
(France / Belgium / Haiti / Germany 2000)
Plot
The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and director Raoul Peck renders an emotional and tautly woven account of the mail clerk and beer salesman with a flair for oratory and an uncompromising belief in the capacity of his homeland to build a prosperous nation independent of its former Belgium overlords.
Lumumba emerges here as the heroic sacrificial lamb dubiously portrayed by the international media and led to slaughter by commercial and political interests in Belgium, the United States, the international community, and his own administration; a true story of political intrigue and murder where political entities, captains of commerce, and the military dovetail in their quest for economic and political hegemony. | © L. J. Allen-2
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Ravo # 17. November 2006, 15:07
Thanks for the movie recommendation. By the way, don't worry about turning 40. It only gets better!
RichardCooper # 17. November 2006, 16:00
hirokichi_uk # 18. November 2006, 09:05
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Hello, Elmar
Happy 40th birthday!
Many happy returns
andreu # 22. November 2006, 09:57
It's very interesting text.....
I_ArtMan # 16. December 2006, 00:08
E. Driver # 24. December 2006, 15:28
How are you? Thank you for writing your comments and your wishes!
Elmar
RichardCooper # 24. December 2006, 18:36