Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (2003)
Run Time: 1h24m | Release: 01 Jan 2003
Genres: Documentary | History | TV Movie |
Production Countries: Belgium, United Kingdom
7.2 / 106 Vote Count
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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