BAFTA Award winner Joe Wright directs Olivier Award winner Chiwetel Ejiofor in this UK premiere of an epic retelling of a nation's turbulent first year of freedom.
Bursting with music and dance, this gripping drama charts the rise and fall of legendary leader Patrice Lumumba, whose passionate determination to free his people from Belgian rule inspired great courage and betrayal.
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