Black History Month Event

Film Screening of 'Lumumba', introduced by Dr Audrey Small

A rare screening of Raoul Peck's extraordinary film about Patrice Lumumba to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his assassination.  Lumumba was an anti-colonial leader and the first elected Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo. 

Dr Audrey Small from the University of Sheffield will introduce the film with an overview of cultural responses to Lumumba's death.

See http://www.york.ac.uk/modernstudies/research/aftermaths/black-history-month/ for further details of this and other events in the Black History Month series. 

Contact: Zoe Norridge