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Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

📅 1/1/2003⏱️ 84 minutes7.4/10

Overview

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.

Release Date

January 1, 2003

Runtime

84 minutes

Rating

7.4/10(7 votes)

Status

Released

Genres

DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

Cast

Content Source

Data provided by The Movie Database (TMDB).