Poster of Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (7.4)

Movie · 2003 · 1 h 24 min · 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

Starring Nick Fraser, Elie Lison, Roger May, Steve Driesen, Tshilombo Imhotep, Annette Kelly

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