Mobutu, King of Zaire

Year: 1999

Runtime: 135 mins

Language: French

Director: Thierry Michel

Documentary

After two years of research across Africa, Europe and the United States, the documentary pieces together the history of Mobutu Sese Seko’s rule. From over 950 hours of material, 104 hours were selected, including 30 hours of never‑released Kinshasa archives. It also includes over 50 hours of interviews with witnesses and close associates recorded in several capitals, tracing the country's tragic history and its self‑styled “King of Zaire.”

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