June 30, 1960. The day the script was burned.

In the stifling heat of Leopoldville, the stage is set for a polite transfer of power. King Baudouin of Belgium stands before the newly independent Congolese parliament, not to apologize for eighty years of brutality, but to praise the "genius" of his ancestor, King Leopold II—the man responsible for millions of deaths. The King expects gratitude. He expects order. He expects silence.

But Patrice Lumumba, the 35-year-old former postal clerk turned Prime Minister, has a different history to tell.

In Episode 1/6: The Speech and the Silence, witness the electrifying moment when Lumumba defies protocol and takes the podium unscheduled. Listen as he shatters the diplomatic veneer, refusing to thank the colonizers for the "gift" of freedom. Instead, he unl ...