Totems and Taboos

Recalling Belgium's brutal colonial history

Totems and Taboos — Plot

In Brussels, Belgium, the Royal Museum of Central Africa is undertaking a radical renovation, both physical and ethical, to show with sincerity, crudeness and open-mindedness the reality of the atrocities perpetrated against the inhabitants of the Belgian colonies in Africa, still haunted and traumatized by the ghost of King Leopold II of Belgium, a racist and genocidal tyrant.

• Release date
• December 7, 2018
• Runtime
• 54 min
• Genres
• Documentary, History
• Director
• Daniel Cattier