Lumumba

Raoul Peck had already made a film about Lumumba in 1992- Lumumba: Death of a Prophet (1991).

When Lumumba arrives at Brussels airport for a round table conference in 1960, an Airbus A300 and Lockheed C-141 Starlifter are visible. The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter made its first flight on December 17, 1963. The Airbus A300 made its first flight on October 28, 1972.

Frank Carlucci, who was second secretary at the U.S. embassy in the Congo at the time of Lumumba's assassination, is portrayed in one scene discussing the murder with U.S. Ambassador Clare Timberlake and several Belgian and Congolese officials. Carlucci threatened to sue U.S. distributor Zeitgeist Films if his name was not removed from the movie. Zeitgeist was too small to fight any potential lawsuit, so all non-theatrical U.S. releases of the film (including the version shown on HBO and potential VHS and DVD releases) have Carlucci's name bleeped from the dialogue and masked in the closing credits.