Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

Jan 1, 2003

1h 24m

★ 7.2

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.

Genres

Documentary

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

YLE

ZDF/Arte

Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON)

History Television

BBC

RTBF

Periscope Productions

VRT

SBS

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Nick Fraser

Elie Lison

Roger May

Steve Driesen

Tshilombo Imhotep

Annette Kelly

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6.8

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7.2

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6.4

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May 1, 2014

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5.0

Pictures

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6.1

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May 14, 1979

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6.5

The Wind and the Lion

May 22, 1975

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0.0

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7.4

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0.0

Timuti

Jan 1, 2012

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0.0

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6.2

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7.0

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6.5

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7.4

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6.4

The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores

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10.0

René Vautier, le rebelle

Apr 29, 2000

No overview available.

0.0

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0.0

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Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

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