Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
Release: 2003-01-01
·Runtime: 84m
·★ 7.2
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.
Production Countries
Belgium
United Kingdom
Production Companies
YLE
DR
ZDF/Arte
Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON)
History Television
BBC
RTBF
Periscope Productions
VRT
SBS
