Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

Duration : 1 h 24 min

Status : Released

Description : 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.

Budget : 0

Revenue : 0

Release Date : Wed Jan 01 2003

Genres : Documentary, History, TV Movie,