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Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
User Score6 votes
72%7.2/10
Release2003→
Runtime1H 24M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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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Director
Peter Bate
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Keywords
colonialism
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Production:YLEDRZDF/ArteInterkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON)History TelevisionBBCRTBFPeriscope ProductionsVRTSBS