Lumumba, la mort d'un prophète

Lumumba, la mort d'un prophète
Directed by Raoul Peck
Produced by Velvet Film, RTBF, Cinemamma, La Sept Arte
Written by Raoul Peck
Narrated by Raoul Peck
Edited by Ailo Auguste-Judith
Raoul Peck
Eva Schlensag
Release dates
  • 1990 (1990)
Running time
 69 minutes
Country Democratic Republic of the Congo
Language French

Lumumba, la mort d'un prophète (Lumumba, the death of a prophet) is a 1990 documentary film by Haitian director Raoul Peck. It covers the death of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The film was critically acclaimed and won a number of awards.[1]

Synopsis

The film is a creative documentary where biography and history, stories and archives create a frame around the figure of Lumumba, his political assassination, media and memory. It is a unique opportunity to examine, 50 years later, the life and legend of Lumumba.[2] The documentary is narrated by the director, Raoul Peck, as he reconstructs a story that interweaves his own personal experiences and the circumstances surrounding the murder of Lumumba. Peck is in Belgium, and uses shots of Brussels to establish his location and contrast with the archival footage he combines to tell Lumumba's story. The film is about absence; absence of a historical figure, absence of clarity about the events surrounding his death, and absence of a true historical construct. Even a true location is absent; he cannot get to Zaire, the topic of his film, but the majority of the archival footage and photos used are from Central Africa. Even if he were able to film in Zaire, he would be faced with an absence, so no matter his location he is still “filming from afar.[3]”

Production

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "LUMUMBA, LA MORT DU PROPHÈTE". Africine. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
  2. ↑ "Lumumba, la mort d'un Prophet". FCAT. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
  3. ↑ Burlin Barr. "Lumumba and Lumumba: La Mort De Prophete: On Cultural Amnesia and Historical Erasure". African Studies Review. Retrieved 2012-11-27.

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