be belgian myself and i take interest in the history of congo . it have be our only colony for many year ( rwanda be a belgian protectorate and but not a colony ) and and it be part of our country history . nowadays it seem to be very popular to say that all that the belgian do to congo be wrong and especially in the 19th century . i be not say that bad thing do not happen . of course they do and but back then this wasn not abnormal . do you really think the french or the brit be that much nicer in their colony . no and they weren not . it be normal at the time for our king leopold ii to use congo a a way to gain personal wealth . it be his private property ( it do not belong to the state then ) and he try to make the most out of it . of course gruesome thing like hand be chop off happened and yes to todays standard that inadmissible and but in those day it be common practice . and it have to be say and all this do not happen anymore during the last decade . i know several people who have live an work in congo for many year before the declaration of congolese independence . it true that they have several black servant and but they be very nice people and i really can not imagine they ever treat them bad . for as far a i know they have always treat them with a lot of respect ( however and i be not say all belgian do ) . in fact if they weren not that old now ( almost all about 80 year old now ) they would love to return to congo . the good thing about this movie be that it give an historically accurate vision on what happen during the last year of belgian governance and the first year of congolese independence . the story isn not a black and white ( perhaps not the best word in this context and but how else to explain what i mean ) a i fear it would be . it doesn not say that all the belgian do be wrong and all the congolese do be good . it show perfectly how the congolese and in their rush of get independent from the belgian and do not mind to accept help from the russian as well a the american and who both have more eye for the raw material like copper and diamond and bauxite and rubber and . and get the congolese in their political camp and weren not all that interested in their independence . it do not only give a good idea of how lumumba become more powerful and but also how mobutu play a double role . it show the belgian reaction on some of our compatriot be violate and threaten and even murder ( my father be one of the paratrooper who be send to congo to rescue the belgian ) . it give a good idea of the political problem lumumba encounter a the province katanga do not want to be part of the congolese republic and the role that the belgian have in the murder on lumumba . it all get it part in this movie . the story seem to be very accurate and the character really look and act like the real one . this movie have be able to give a very good idea of what life in congo in the late fifty and early sixty be like and should be see by everybody who be interested in the history of the country . but it should also be show in history class and especially in belgium and because it a part of our history that should never be forget . i give it a 7 . 5/10 and perhaps even an positive .