Documentary ·History ·TV Movie · Belgium · 2003 · 1h 24m

Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

Director

Cast

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

Crew

Renaat Lambeets — Director of Photography Howard Davidson — Original Music Composer Peter Bate — Writer Paul Pauwels — Producer

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

colonialism

Key Collaborators

Peter Bate Director Renaat Lambeets Director of Photography Howard Davidson Original Music Composer Peter Bate Writer Paul Pauwels Producer

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