Peter bate s horrifying documentary congo.
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Documentary about how king leopold ii of belgium acquired congo as a colony and.
White king red rubber black death describes how king leopold ii of belgium turned congo into its private colony between 1885 and 1908.
White king red rubber black death fills an important void in the history of europe s disastrous encounters with africa.
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Leopold posed as the protector of africans fleeing arab slave traders but.
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Between 1885 and1908 leopold ii turned congo into a labor camp and brutalized the people of congo all for the sake of rubber.
White king red rubber black death takes viewers back to the congo free state of king leopold ii and the vicious 23 year ordeal the people of that.
White king red rubber black death reveals a staggering human rights violation and a vivid portrait of a cruel and amoral forerunner of the global corporations of today who are ravaging the economies of third world countries and leaving the poor worse off than ever before.
Under his control congo became a gulag labor camp of shocking brutality.
Directed by peter bate.
Essay example on white king red rubber black death the story documents king leopold ii s reign over congo and the wrath that he brought with him.
The horrors of belgium s congo manohla dargis reviews documentary movie congo.
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White king red rubber black death a stunning indictment of belgium s brutal colonization of the congo in the late 19th century brit documaker peter bate s white king red rubber black death.
A review of the tv programme congo.