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Synopsis

In 1961, United Nations secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld’s plane mysteriously crashed, killing Hammarskjöld and most of the crew. It’s understood that because Hammarskjöld was, at the time, advocating for Congo’s independence (against the wishes of European mining companies and other powerful entities), the “crash” was an assassination. With the case still unsolved 50-plus years later, Danish journalist, filmmaker, and provocateur Mads Brügger (The Red Chapel, The Ambassador) leads us down an investigative rabbit hole to unearth the truth. He, his Swedish private-investigator sidekick, and a host of co-conspirators tirelessly pursue a winding trail of clues, but they turn up more mysteries than revelations. Scores of false starts, dead ends, and elusive interviews later, they begin to sniff out something more monumental than anything they’d initially imagined.

Cast

  • Mads Brügger
  • Clarinah Mfengu
  • Saphir Wenzi Mabanza
  • Göran Björkdahl
  • Mass
  • Hilding Björkdahl
  • Margareth Ngulube
  • Abraham Kunda
  • John Ngongo
  • Custon Chipoya

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Metacritic

80
Aug 16, 2019

Though its come-on is playful, this documentary sinks into some swampy subjects, including racism, secret biowarfare and political assassination.

Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out
75
Aug 14, 2019

The documentary is a gas, with all the conspiracy-theory weirdness of Oliver Stone’s JFK, but with the added attraction of Brugger’s gonzo-journalism shenanigans.

Metacritic review by Brad Wheeler
Brad Wheeler
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
67
Aug 14, 2019

If Brügger shares the doubts of Williams and other Hammarskjöld conspiracy theorists about Operation Celeste (in all likelihood a hoax, though not a Soviet one), he doesn’t let them get in the way of a good story. As for the latest official U.N. inquiry, its report is due sometime this year. But then, can you really trust it?

Metacritic review by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
The A.V. Club