From Patrice to Lumumba

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From Patrice To Lumumba
Directed byPatrick Kabeya
Written byPatrick Kabeya
Mina Malu
Produced byKM Media Production
UPAF
Narrated byMina Malu
Edited byPatrick Kabeya
Release date
  • 16 April 2019 (2019-04-16)(Festival International du film Panafricain)
Running time
70 minutes
CountriesCanada
Switzerland
LanguageFrench

From Patrice to Lumumba is a 2019 independent documentary story of Patrice Lumumba, written by Patrick Kabeya. [1] This film chronicles the story of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo and one of the faces associated with the country's liberation after Belgian colonization. [2]

The film focuses on Lumumba's last letter to his wife Pauline. In the letter Lumumba keeps a militant tone but also reveals a more private side of the man, yet to be shown before. [3] This story, mainly told in his own words, gives Lumumba back the humanity he was not afforded throughout his career. [4]

The film premiered in April 2019 at the Festival international du film Panafricain de Cannes. [5]

The film was nominated for the Flemish Commission For UNESCO for Best African Documentary for 2020. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Un premier Festival du film black à Ottawa". ici.radio-canada.ca. Radio Canada. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Un premier Festival du film black à Ottawa". ici.radio-canada.ca. Radio Canada. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  3. ↑ "From Patrice to Lumumba: A cry for independence". www.veto.be. Veto. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  4. ↑ "LES CINÉASTES NOIR.E.S SOUS LE FEU DES PROJECTEURS!". www.larotonde.ca. La Rotonde. 25 March 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  5. ↑ "From Patrice to Lumumba - De Patrice à Lumumba". www.fifp.fr (in French). Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Prize Of The Flemish Commission For Unesco - Afrika Film Festival". afrikafilmfestival.b. Retrieved April 10, 2021.


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