Patrice Lumumba
Biography: Patrice Émery Lumumba, born Isaïe Tasumbu Tawosa (2 July 1925 – 17 January 1961) was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from June until September 1960. He was the leader of the Congolese National Movement (MNC) from 1958 until his assassination in 1961. Ideologically an African nationalist and pan-Africanist, he played a significant role in the transformation of the Congo from a colony of Belgium into an independent republic.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 02, 1925
Deathday: January 17, 1961
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Lumumba: Death of a Prophet
1991-11-01
Lumumba: Death of a Prophet
Overview: Documentary about African political leader Patrice Lumumba, who was Prime Minister of Zaire (now Congo) when he was assassinated in 1961.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-11-01
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The Rumba Kings
2021-05-06
The Rumba Kings
Overview: In the fifties, when the future Democratic Republic of Congo was still a Belgian colony, an entire generation of musicians fused traditional African tunes with Afro-Cuban music to create the electrifying Congolese rumba, a style that conquered the entire continent thanks to an infectious rhythm, captivating guitar sounds and smooth vocals.
Genres: Documentary History Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-05-06
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Lumumba, return of a hero
2023-09-24
Lumumba, return of a hero
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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-09-24
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Africa Rising
2019-06-03
Africa Rising
Overview: How African artists have spread African culture all over the world, especially music, since the harsh years of decolonization, trying to offer a nicer portrait of this amazing continent, historically known for tragic subjects, such as slavery, famine, war and political chaos.
Genres: Documentary History Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2019-06-03
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
2024-09-11
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
Overview: In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe denouncing America’s color bar, while the U.S. dispatches jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to the Congo to deflect attention from its first African post-colonial coup.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-09-11
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Deutschland - Terminus Ost
1965-01-01
Deutschland - Terminus Ost
Overview: The Belgian documentarian Frans Buyens interviewed passers-by in East Berlin and Dresden, factory workers and technical draftswomen at the Warnow shipyard in Stralsund, small business owners in Chemnitz, LPG farmers in the countryside, foreign students at the Gottfried Herder Institute in Leipzig and industrial workers in Magdeburg and Eisenhuettenstadt. "The GDR seen through the eyes of a foreigner" was the original title of the film. A few years after the Wall was built, Buyens documented the approval, disapproval and fears of the interviewees.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Zakon podlosti
1962-01-01
Zakon podlosti
Overview: This documentary is about the struggle against colonialism in Africa.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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