IMDb
Original Title
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
Status
Released
Production Companies
YLEDRZDF/ArteInterkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON)History TelevisionBBCRTBFPeriscope ProductionsVRTSBS
Original Language
EN
Budget
-
Revenue
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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.
Director
Peter Bate
Production Countries
Belgium, United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English, French, Dutch
