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Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

★ 7.2 (6 votes) | 2003 | 1h 24m
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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.

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  • Status Released
  • Release Date January 1, 2003
  • Budget N/A
  • Revenue N/A
  • Production YLE, DR, ZDF/Arte, Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON), History Television, BBC, RTBF, Periscope Productions, VRT, SBS

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