Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

Name: Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
Director: Peter Bate
Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
Released: 2003-01-01
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Nick Fraser, Elie Lison, Roger May, Steve Driesen, Tshilombo Imhotep

HDIMDB: 7.4

Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (2003) is a documentary, history, tv movie directed by Peter Bate rated 7.4/10.

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.

Released: 2003-01-01

Duration: 1h 24m

Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie

Country: Belgium, United Kingdom

Director: Peter Bate

Writer: Peter Bate

Cast: Nick Fraser, Elie Lison, Roger May, Steve Driesen

Production: YLE, DR