Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

Name: Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
Uploaded: 2003-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 84 min
Description: 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.

7.20
January 2003
84 min

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.

Type:
MOVIE
Country:
FI
Genres:
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Release:
January 2003
Production:
YLE, DR, ZDF/Arte, Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON), History Television, BBC, RTBF, Periscope Productions, VRT, SBS
Cast:
Nick Fraser, Elie Lison, Roger May, Steve Driesen, Tshilombo Imhotep, Annette Kelly
Tags:
colonialism

Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

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