Feature film — 2003
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (2003)
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.
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A high-signal pick with 7 votes.
YLE / DR / ZDF/Arte / Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON) / History Television / BBC / RTBF / Periscope Productions / VRT / SBS
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Director: Peter Bate
On screen
Cast & crew
Nick Fraser
Narrator (voice)
Elie Lison
Roger May
Steve Driesen
Tshilombo Imhotep
Annette Kelly
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