Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

2003 • 1h 24m • Documentary, History, TV Movie

7.4(7 votes)

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

Writers

Peter Bate

Status

Released