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 it... (Full plot summary below)
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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 Lumumba's 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.
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| Sacramento BeeJoe BaltakeA powerfully rich and incredibly sorrowful portrait. |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceIt's a prime example of how a historical drama can be politically correct but thoroughly embalmed. The memory of Patrice Lumumba deserves better. |
| L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorGenuine thriller -- with one crisis hurtling after another, heightened by hauntingly brief moments of peace. |
| The New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe trouble with the film is not canonization but, again, the recurrent defect in pictures about such people. The ideational data are so sketchy that it is as if we were riffling the pages of a complicated book. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonPacked with incident, the film also crackles with danger, simmers with hope. |
| Dallas Morning NewsGary DowellEbouaney is given the daunting task of carrying a heavy film, and rises to the challenge with Denzel Washington-esque conviction. |
| Greenwich Village GazetteEric LurioWhat director Peck, who grew up in Congo/Zaire, fails to do is give us the proper background. |
| New York PostJonathan ForemanNever much more than hagiography that lets the context of its hero's death remain confused. |
| Los Angeles Daily NewsBob StraussDraws an indelible portrait of how a young nation can be turned into a civic basket case. |
| Mr. ShowbizKevin MaynardWriter/director Raoul Peck never gives us enough intimate moments to let us feel we know the man on a personal level, and he doesn't have the narrative skill to economize the necessary exposition or steer a clear storyline. |
