Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

Jan 01, 2003 1h 24m

7.2

6 votes

Synopsis

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.

Title	Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
Companies	YLE, DR, ZDF/Arte, Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON), History Television, BBC, RTBF, Periscope Productions, VRT, SBS
Countries	Belgium, United Kingdom
Keywords	colonialism