Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

2003· 84 min★ 7.7· Documentary, History, TV Movie

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.

Cast: Nick Fraser, Elie Lison, Roger May

Director: Peter Bate