Documentary · History · TV Movie · 2003 · 1h 24min

Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death.

Name: Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
Director: Peter Bate
Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
Released: 2003-01-01
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Nick Fraser, Elie Lison, Roger May, Steve Driesen, Tshilombo Imhotep

Weighted average

8.4/10

IMDb7.7
RT100
TMDB7.4

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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.

Director: Peter Bate