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Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
Movie
Documentary
History
TV Movie
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
7.2 (6 votes)
2003
1h 24m
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.
Production
YLE, DR, ZDF/Arte, Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON), History Television, BBC, RTBF, Periscope Productions, VRT, SBS
Languages
English, French, Dutch
