Completed - ENGLISH, FRENCH - Documentary - 150 minutes
Year of production : 2023 Director(s) : Johan GRIMONPREZ Cast : Louis ARMSTRONG, Nina SIMONE, Dizzy GILLEPSIE
In 1960, sixteen newly independent African countries enter the United Nations, a political earthquake that shifts the majority vote from the colonial powers to the global south. Congo becomes the arena in which the battle over the UN is fought. As Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at the UN-top in reaction to the neo-colonial grab of the resources of newly independent Congo, UN delegates from African Countries are blackmailed. In an incredulous twist Patrice Lumumba’s assassination unites the Afro-Asian block, demanding the UN General Assembly to vote for immediate worldwide decolonization.
Country(ies) : BELGIUM, FRANCE, NETHERLANDS
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BFI London FF 2024 DareSundance 2024 (World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematic Innovation)European Film Awards 2024 (Documentary Film Selection)CPH: DOX 2024 (Official Selection)