This film is the result of more than two years of work tracking down archive material and witnesses close to Mobutu in Africa, Europe and the U.S. More than 950 hours of footage have been seen by the world. Among the 104 hours selected as the basis for this film, are 30 hours of archives recently discovered in Kinshasa and never before released. Completing these exceptional documents, are more than 50 hours of interviews with those close to the former president and the events surrounding his reign, conducted by the director in Kinshasa, Brussels, Paris and Washington. Like a vast historical puzzle, this film pieces together the tragic history of a country, and its self-styled leader - the dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko, "King of Zaïre".
Thierry Michel
Writer, Director
The Class of ‘9271%
42 Up75%
Woman77%
Le Bus : Les Bleus en grève68%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
Fuck64%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Directed by John Ford70%
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library64%
Public Speaking70%
Sidney70%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
35 Up76%
Audrey71%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Above Majestic73%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
Night Will Fall76%
Seduced and Abandoned61%
