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Mobutu, King of Zaire is a belge film of genre Documentary directed by Thierry Michel

Mobutu, King of Zaire (1999)

Mobutu, King of Zaire
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Length 2h15
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OriginBelgique
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Mobutu, King of Zaire (orig. French title: Mobutu, roi du Zaïre) is a 1999 documentary film about Mobutu Sese Seko, the long-time President of Zaire.

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"Of all the human passions, the appetite for domination is the most inebriating" (St. Augustine)

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