Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...

That’s when the Belgians developed a hatred against him, which led to his assassination ... Jean Jacques Lumumba is Patrice Lumumba’s nephew and an activist committed to the fight against ...

has a "black mark" hanging over it in the shape of the assassination in 1961 by Belgium-backed rebels of Congo independence ...

Patrice Lumumba the first Prime Minister of the newly independent African state The Congo To fellow Africans he was a hero the man who had won his countrys independence from the Belgians But for ...

Patrice Lumumba,” published in the UN News, Urquhart argues that United Nations failed to prevent Lumumba’s arrest and became a victim of the assassination supported by the United States to ...

Grimonprez is his own eclectic mix. A cultural theorist preoccupied with mass media and fear; a fast-talking professorial ...

Listen to Patrice Lumumba's announcing Belgian Congo's independence ... a "mad dog" and President Dwight Eisenhower authorised his assassination. This was carried out through Lumumba's opponents ...

Interview - Director Johan Grimonprez discusses Soundtrack to a Coup d'État, his powerful exploration of Congo's decolonization struggle, in conversation with Peter Mertens, Belgian political leader ...

a deft and nearly breathless archival exposé that centers on the January 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, less than a year after he was elected leader of the newly formed Democratic ...