White king, red rubber, black death [videorecording DVD] : a film / by Peter Bate ; producer, Paul Pauwels ; written and directed by Peter Bate ; a Periscope Production for the BBC ; in association with ZDF/Arte ... [et al.]
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Widescreen version.
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Facets Video Distributor, Facets Video Distributor,
Boma-Tervuren, le voyage [videorecording DVD] Boma-Tervuren, the journey [videorecording DVD]
Notes:
Originally released in 2004. Bonus documentary: Boma-Tervuren, le voyage = Boma-Tervuren, the journey / Cobra Films ; un film de Francis Dujardin (1999 ; 54 min.) Preceded by trailers. Elie Lison, Roger May, Steve Driesen, Tshilombo Imhotep, Annette Keeley.
Summary:
Using dramatic reinactments and interviews with historians, it describes how King Leopold II of Belgium turned Congo into his private colony between 1885-1908. Under his control, Congo became a labor camp of shocking brutality. People were starved and tortured in the name of harvesting rubber. The accompanying film tells the saga of 267 Congolese, brought to Brussels for the 1897 Worlds Fair. After some four months of travel towards Belgium, they were exhibited before a million visitors. One hundred years later, Congolese compatriots return to the scene of these events and question the "Whites" of today on the incredible story of that "human zoo".
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