
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.
7.2
6 reviewsRuntime: 84 min.
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Release Date: 2003-01-01
Director(s): Peter Bate
Production: YLE, DR, ZDF/Arte, Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON), History Television, BBC, RTBF, Periscope Productions, VRT, SBS
Languages: English, French, Dutch
IMDB: tt0404551