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
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Nick Fraser, Elie Lison, Roger May, Steve Driesen, Tshilombo Imhotep

2003 · 84 min · ★ 7.4 · Documentary, History, TV Movie

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.

Directed by Peter Bate · Written by Peter Bate

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Nick Fraser Narrator (voice)
Elie Lison
Roger May
Steve Driesen
Tshilombo Imhotep
Annette Kelly

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