Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (2004)

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Audience Score
72
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NR 1 hr 24 minNov 30th, 2004TV Movie, History, Documentary
This true, astonishing story describes how King Leopold II of Belgium turned Congo into its private colony between 1885 and 1908. Under his control, Congo became a gulag labor camp of shocking brutality. Leopold posed as the protector of Africans fleeing Arab slave-traders but, in reality, he carved out an empire based on terror to harvest rubber.
StarringNick FraserElie LisonRoger May
DirectorPeter Bate
WriterPeter Bate

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Production Companies:YLE, DR, ZDF/Arte, Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON), History Television, BBC, RTBF, Periscope Productions, VRT, SBS
Movie Tags:
colonialism