Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

IMDb 7.4 2003 • 84 min • DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

Director

Peter Bate

Country

BE

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

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