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Ce documentaire évoque le destin tragique et mal connu du Congo, ce grand territoire au coeur de l'Afrique, propriété personnelle de Léopold II, roi des Belges de 1885 à 1908, colonie de la Belgique jusqu'en 1960. La première colonisation du Congo, entreprise à titre personnel par le roi des Belges Léopold II, a longtemps été un sujet tabou. Elle se révèle la plus barbare et la plus impitoyable de l'histoire coloniale. Elle remet largement en cause les prétentions d'évocation d'un quelconque « bilan positif de la colonisation.

 

This true, astonishing story of what King Leopold II did in the Congo was forgotten for over 50 years. “ Congo:White King, Red Rubber, Black Death” 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.

  • Year
    2003
  • Runtime
    84 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Belgium
  • Premiere
    2003
  • Rating
    NR
  • Note
    VOSF
  • Director
    Peter Bate
  • Screenwriter
    Peter Bate
  • Producer
    Paul Pauweis
  • Co-Producer
    Bill Binnemans, Nick Fraser, Olaf Grunert
  • Filmmaker
    Peter Bate
  • Cast
    Roger May, Nicholas Fraser
  • Cinematographer
    Renaat Lambeets
  • Editor
    Hugh Williams
  • Music
    Howard Davidson
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