Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
2003 • Documentary | History
7.2 (6)
Peter Bate
Director
Peter Bate
Writer
Status
Released
Release date
January 1, 2003
Duration
84 Min
Language
en
Popularity
0.1595
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
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.
Cast
Elie Lison
Steve Driesen
