2004· 84 min
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
Documentary
7.2 / 10TMDB Score
Summary
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
Cast: Nick Fraser, Elie Lison, Roger May, Steve Driesen, Tshilombo Imhotep
