The Film
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
The Story
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.
Runtime
84 min
Released Jan 2003
Directed by
Peter Bate
Written byPeter Bate
Gallery
The Stills.
