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 Belgian 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.
Lumumba has generally received positive reviews.
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Lumumba was released in 2000 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 41 reviews, giving Lumumba (2000) an average rating of 68%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 80% and users giving an average score of 81%.
With a score of 68%, Lumumba is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2000, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2000 with similar scores include films like Pay It Forward, The Isle and Chopper.
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