Film
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
2003 · 1h 24m · Documentary · History · TV Movie
- IMDb
- 7.7
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 100%
- Metacritic
- 65
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Overview
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.
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Cast
Crew
- Peter BateDirector · Writer
- Paul PauwelsProducer
- Renaat LambeetsDirector of Photography
- Howard DavidsonOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 2003
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Documentary, History, TV Movie
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