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Congo - White King, Red Rubber, Black Death - 2003 Documentary directed by Peter Bate. Documentary about how King Leopold II of Belgium acquired Congo as a colony and exploited it by a reign of terror. Leopold II was king of Belgium when he sought out countries to
colonize. The invention of a new type of tire by a man called Dunlop
made rubber a valuable commodity and Leopold found that the African
nation of Congo offered him great riches and power. With great cruelty
and greed, Leopold turned the country into one massive labor camp
where the rubber was stripped with murder, amputation, mutilation and
other unspeakable acts used to control and dominate the country.
Between 1880 and 1920 the population of the Congo went from
approximately 20,000,000 to closer to 10,000,000. The film is in French, Dutch and English. Unrated, 84 minutes.
The dvd includes a bonus documentary - Boma-Tervuren, The Journey: This tragic saga documents the exhibition of 267 Congolese at the 1897 World's Fair in Brussels.
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