1. White king, red rubber, black death : a film
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Bate, Peter., Pauwels, Paul , 1956, Lison, Elie., May, Roger., Driesen, Steve., Davidson, Howard., Dujardin, Francis., Periscope Pictures (Firm), British Broadcasting Corporation, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Arte (Firm), Cobra Film GmbH, ArtMattan Productions, Facets Video (Firm), Bate, Peter., Pauwels, Paul , 1956, Lison, Elie., May, Roger., Driesen, Steve., Davidson, Howard., Dujardin, Francis., Periscope Pictures (Firm), British Broadcasting Corporation, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Arte (Firm), Cobra Film GmbH, ArtMattan Productions, and Facets Video (Firm)
- Abstract
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"., 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.], Originally released as a motion picture in 2004., Bonus documentary: Boma-Tervuren, le voyage = Boma-Tervuren, the journey / Cobra Films ; un film de Francis Dujardin (1999 ; 54 min.), Anamorphic widescreen., Preceded by trailers., Elie Lison, Roger May, Steve Driesen, Tshilombo Imhotep, Annette Keeley., DVD., English, French, or Flemish audio track with optional English subtitles., Narrator, Nick Fraser ; cinematography, Renaat Lambeets ; editor, Hugh Williams ; music, Howard Davidson ; co-producers, Nick Fraser, Olaf Gunnert, Wessel van der Hammen, Philipe Van Meerbeeck, Bill Binnemans, and Iikka Vehkalahti.
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- 2006