White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
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Metascore
65 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Andrea Gronvall
    70
    Dramatization is often a questionable tactic in documentaries, but by picturing Leopold (Elie Larson) on trial like Adolf Eichmann, Peter Bate adroitly compares the colonial genocide to the Holocaust.
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  2. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Phil Hall
    70
    A remarkable triumph of documentary filmmaking. It is impossible to walk away from this film without being jolted.
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    80
    A 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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