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Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

Type: TV - Single documentary
Released: 2003
Length: 52 min.
 Directed by: Peter Bates

Crew

Executive Producer Nick Fraser
Full credits (Main credits only)

Themes

Status

  • Broadcast within UK
  • Not available at present

Synopsis:

Director Peter Bate creates an imaginary court case against Belgium's King Leopold II for his crimes against humanity. The 19th-century ruler turned the Congo into a vast rubber-harvesting labour camp and caused death to millions.
Synopsis:
Director Peter Bate creates an imaginary court case against Belgium's King Leopold II for his crimes against humanity. The 19th-century ruler turned the Congo into a vast rubber-harvesting labour camp and caused death to millions.
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