1.0The Welcome Tablehttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/welcometableMargaret Blair Younghttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/welcometable/author/welcometable/The New Lumumba Film: It's time!rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Tqcm6cY9Sr"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/welcometable/2023/11/the-new-lumumba-film/">The New Lumumba Film: It’s time!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/welcometable/2023/11/the-new-lumumba-film/embed/#?secret=Tqcm6cY9Sr" width="600" height="338" title="“The New Lumumba Film: It’s time!” — The Welcome Table" data-secret="Tqcm6cY9Sr" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/313/2023/11/lumumba-with-abbe-scaled.jpg571768Patrice Lumumba Film: Why NOW is the moment. Starting in July, 2023, events from the 1960s have drawn unusual attention. The film Oppenheimer (July 2023) We have no way of knowing how Lumumba would have guided the country which elected him its prime minister. He was in office just a few months before he was assasinated. We do know who he is now to the DR-Congo: a martyr. This gives him unprecedented power to unite not just the Congo but all of Africa. Such unity is long overdue.