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White king, red rubber, black death [videorecording] / a Periscope Productions for the BBC ; producer, Paul Pauwels ; written and directed by Peter Bate ; in association with ZDF [and others]

A critical analysis of King Leopold II of Belgium's treatment of the native inhabitants of the Congo Free State in the years 1885-1908, during which time he administered forced labor camps of shocking brutality and plundered the colony's natural resources for his personal gain.

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Corporate Authors: Periscope Productions, British Broadcasting Corporation, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Cobra Films, Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française, ArtMattan Productions, Facets Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Pauwels, Paul, 1956- (Producer), Bate, Peter (Screenwriter, Director), Fraser, Nicholas, 1948- (Narrator, Producer), Davidson, Howard (Composer), Dujardin, Francis (Screenwriter, Director)
Other title:White king, red rubber, black death (Motion picture)
Title on disc label: Congo : white king, red rubber, black death.
Boma-Tervuren : le voyage.
Boma-Tervuren : the journey.
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Dutch
French
Published: New York, NY : [Chicago, Ill.] : ArtMattan Productions ; Facets Video, [2006?]
Edition:Anamorphic widescreen format.
Subjects:
Slavery > Congo (Democratic Republic) > History > 19th century.
Kongo (African people) > Violence against > History > 19th century.
Léopold > II, > King of the Belgians, > 1835-1909.
Congo (Democratic Republic) > History > To 1908.
Belgium > Colonies > Congo (Democratic Republic) > History.
Forced labor > Congo (Democratic Republic) > History.
Exposition internationale Bruxelles-Tervueren > (1897)
Human zoos > Belgium > Brussels.
Documentary films.
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Social problem films.

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