Lumumba Death Of A Prophet Analysis

Lumumba: Death of a Prophet explores a moderately obscure historical figure and his relation to cultural history. As the film progresses, it discusses the dominance of the elite or majority over representation, which allows the creation of an “authorized” historical perspective, leaving no room for discussion of other probable conclusions pertaining to historic events. In contrast, Lumumba: Death of a Prophet displays the uncertainty of distinctiveness that comes in relation to the accepted reality (conventional mainstream) that we allow to define our awareness of the world. As history is recorded, grey areas are created when existing records and accounts of history do not capture the whole context. The director’s role with this film becomes finding meaning of marginalized groups in the context of narrated histories- which, as said, have had blatantly unequal necessities of authoritative accounts of the past beyond the accepted mainstream.
Lumumba: Death of a Prophet fills in these blanks while also telling the personal story of the narrator in relation to the historical context. Historical records and pictures are combined with personal memories with the moments in the film that are used to share things like pictures taken in his youth and childhood …show more content…
Our own personal perceptions of history are molded by whoever holds power over the mainstream resources of representation, and interferes with how we interpret the reality of circumstances. The narrator says “memories of a murder are expensive,” which is meant to describe how rare and privileged the ability to form opinions and perceptions outside of the dominating mainstream has become. Lumumba: Death of a Prophet illustrates the possibility of more than one conclusive, “real” account of history and