Posted by marci.l.angevine@Vanderbilt.Edu on Thursday, March 19, 2015 in Activities Everyone.

Presented by: Kristin Michelitch, Assistant Professor of Political Science.

France, Belgium, Germany, Haiti (2000) Dir: Raoul Peck. The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Lumumba emerges as the heroic sacrificial lamb dubiously portrayed by the international media and led to slaughter by commercial and political interest; a tale of political intrigue and murder. French, Lingala and English with English subtitles. DVD. 115 mins. Partial funding provided by African Student Union student organization and The Department of Political Science.