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

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

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Wright, 52, started off political. As a teenager in the 1980s, he went on anti-nuclear marches and deployed the term fascist ...

The 2025 crop of Oscar nominated doc features all tackle urgent and timely international stories that resonate in today's ...

As with any subject, history can be explored in a number of ways. In high school and college, students might study it through reading textbooks, by consulting various websites, paying attention (or ...

Lubumbashi is little known, but its minerals electrified the world, created atom bombs and are key to greener energy, the ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Shortly before noon on a Thursday in June 1960, 34-year-old Patrice Lumumba stepped up to the podium at the Palace of the Nation in Leopoldville (current ...

and how Congo leader Patrice Lumumba landed in the crosshairs of outside interests. Along the way, jazz ambassadors including Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie are unaware, as they travel to perform ...

Explore NCCU's permanent collection, watch documentaries at NCMA, go to a jazz concert, and more local ways to honor the ...