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- Summary: This documentary is the true, astonishing story of what King Leopold II did in the Congo. (ArtMattan Productions)
- Director: Peter Bate
- Genre(s): History, Documentary
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88British documentarian Peter Bate frames a mix of archival materials and re-creations with a "trial" at which Leopold listens to testimony against him from within a wood-and-glass booth, like Nazi Adolf Eichmann at Nuremberg.
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80A stunning indictment of Belgium's brutal colonization of the Congo in the late 19th century, Brit documaker Peter Bate's White King, Red Rubber, Black Death illustrates how European exploitation in Africa caused irreparable damage to the continent.
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70A remarkable triumph of documentary filmmaking. It is impossible to walk away from this film without being jolted.
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60Regrettably, Bate uses many of the tools of tabloid television in making his case, including heavy-handed reenactments, an ominous, sinister score, and overly dramatic narration delivered in a voice shaking with outrage.