Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

Documentary, History, TV Movie | 2003-01-01 | Belgium, United Kingdom

7.2 / 10

84 min.

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.

YLE

DR

ZDF/Arte

Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON)

History Television

BBC

RTBF

Periscope Productions

VRT

SBS