Lumumba, la mort d'un prophète

Lumumba, la mort du prophète
Directed byRaoul Peck
Written byRaoul Peck
Produced byVelvet Film, RTBF, Cinemamma, La Sept Arte
Narrated byRaoul Peck
Edited byAilo Auguste-Judith
Raoul Peck
Eva Schlensag
Release date
  • 1990 (1990)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
LanguageFrench

Lumumba, la mort du prophète (Lumumba, the death of the prophet) is a 1990 documentary film by Haitian director Raoul Peck. It covers the death of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The film was critically acclaimed and won a number of awards. In July 2021, the film was shown in the Cannes Classics section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.