Lumumba

The film doesn’t deal with a dated or local event. It is a story of tragedy that has never ceased to echo throughout all the recent tragedies in Africa and Europe, from Rwanda to Yugoslavia.

"Lumumba" is a masterful depiction of the politically rise and fall of Patrice Lumumba. The film is gripping in its portrayal of those in the political forefront of the newly independent nation of Congo, most notably Lumumba himself.

The film's strength is its use of historically accurate factual analysis, which, incidentally, does not always glorify Lumumba. The viewer comes away from this film shaken to the core by the utter sense of humanity that the brilliance of Raoul Peck achieves in this vivid portrait of the fallen leader. This film is a "must see" for history buffs as well as for those who continue to seek examples of what moral leadership really looks like.