Movie·2003·1h 24m

Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

Name: Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
Released: 2003-01-01
Rating: 7.429
Cast: Nick Fraser, Elie Lison, Roger May, Steve Driesen, Tshilombo Imhotep

★ 7.4DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

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.