The modern history of the Congo, the heart of Africa, is a terrifying tale of appalling brutality: how the greedy and incredibly ruthless King Leopold II of Belgium (1935-1909) turned a vast country into his private estate (1885-1908) and how he plundered the land and raped the bodies and souls of its defenceless inhabitants, causing countless victims; and what exactly is the true impact of this often forgotten story of crime and horror today.
Length 102 minutes
Don Cheadle | Ciaran Reilly | Alfre Woodard | Philippe Bergeron | James Cromwell | Frank McCourt | Adam Hochschild | Tom Wright | Annick DeVille | Jean-Pierre Bemba | James Newman | Mbaya Mpoyi | Jacques Depelchin | Zana Aziza Etambala | David Northrup | Papa Maurice | Jules Marchal | Maurice Lenain | Honoré Vinck | Ernest Wamba dia Wamba | Juliana Lumumba | Jan Vansina | Lubamba Dibwe | Mubenga wa Beya | Gregoire Mulamba | Etienne Mutshipayi | Arnaud Zajtman | Frank McCourt | Jim Freedman | Ludo De Witte | MM | Chris Curry | Ron Canada | Marc-Gregory Barrett | Dominic Keating | Andre Kelley | Charles Dennis | Karen Landry | Keith Ferguson | Chris Mulkey | David Dayan Fisher | Phil Proctor | Anna Graves | Magnus Stefansson | Judith Scott | Julian Stone | King Leopold II of Belgium