Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 1, 2003
• Runtime
• 84 min
• Genres
• Documentary, History, TV Movie
• Director
• Peter Bate

Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death — Cast

N

Nick Fraser Narrator (voice) Elie Lison

R

Roger May Steve Driesen

T

Tshilombo Imhotep

A

Annette Kelly