Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

01/01/2003

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1hr 24min

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Documentary

,History

,TV Movie

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Nick Fraser
  • Elie Lison
  • Roger May
  • Steve Driesen
  • Tshilombo Imhotep

    Director

  • Djo Munga

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • YLE
  • DR
  • ZDF/Arte
  • Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON)
  • History Television
  • BBC
  • RTBF
  • Periscope Productions
  • VRT
  • SBS

    Production Countries

  • Belgium
  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • French
  • Dutch