Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

7.2

Genre: Documentary History TV Movie
Run time: 84 min
Premiere: 2003. January 1.

Director: Peter Bate
Writer: Peter Bate
Starring: Nick Fraser Elie Lison Roger May Steve Driesen

This true, astonishing story 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.

Discover

Nick Fraser

Narrator (voice)

Elie Lison

Roger May

Steve Driesen

Tshilombo Imhotep

Annette Kelly

Camera

Renaat Lambeets

Director of Photography

Directing

Peter Bate

Director

Production

Djo Munga

Production Manager

Paul Pauwels

Producer

Olaf Grunert

Co-Producer

Bill Binnemans

Co-Producer

Fedrik De Beul

Production Manager

Tim Altmann

Production Coordinator

Wessel van der Hammen

Co-Producer

Philippe Van Meerbeeck

Co-Producer

Nick Fraser

Co-Producer

Iikka Vehkalahti

Co-Producer

Sound

Howard Davidson

Original Music Composer

Writing

Peter Bate

Writer

Camera

Renaat Lambeets

Director of Photography

Directing

Peter Bate

Director

Production

Djo Munga

Production Manager

Paul Pauwels

Producer

Olaf Grunert

Co-Producer

Bill Binnemans

Co-Producer

Fedrik De Beul

Production Manager

Tim Altmann

Production Coordinator

Wessel van der Hammen

Co-Producer

Philippe Van Meerbeeck

Co-Producer

Nick Fraser

Co-Producer

Iikka Vehkalahti

Co-Producer

Sound

Howard Davidson

Original Music Composer

Writing

Peter Bate

Writer