Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
Original title: Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
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7.2/10
(6)
1/1/2003
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1h 24min
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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.
Direction: Peter Bate
Screenwriter: Peter Bate
Producer: Paul Pauwels
Cast
Elie Lison
Steve Driesen
