International Lens Film Series
Lumumba
Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017
7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Sarratt Cinema
2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240
Presented by Moses Ochonu, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of History.
France/Belgium/Germany/Haiti (2000) Dir: Raoul Peck. Raoul Peck fictionalizes the life and brutal execution of Patrice Lumumba, the leader of the Congolese National Movement.
The film charts Lumumba’s political career and radicalization in the fight for Congo’s independence and the Cold War-era international forces that undercut the country’s democracy. Critic Elvis Mitchell writes: “This is a movie about chaos and regret, focusing on the unleashing of forces greater than any one person could hope to handle and the carnage, however necessary, left in their wake.” French/Lingala/English. 120 min. DVD.
Presented in collaboration with the Department of History, Cinema & Media Arts Program, and the Robert Penn Warren Center for Humanities.