King Leopold's Ghost

original title:
King Leopold's Ghost
other titles:
(Schatten über dem Kongo)
country / year of production:
USA / 2006
original length:
108 min. , color
premiere:
28 May 2006, Seattle International Film Festival
genre:
Documentary
based on:
director:
Pippa Scott , Oreet Rees
film script:
Adam Hochschild , Pippa Scott
producer:
Pippa Scott
cinematographer:
Ronnie Hernandez
editor:
Oreet Rees
composer:
Pieter Daniel
cast (role):
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plot synopsis:
1885: The belgian King Leopold II becomes ruler of the African state Congo. With this a story of exploitation, persecution and murderer of the population begins. The country becomes to a huge labour camp. In 1908 in which he loses his power over the country, he has made a profit of ca. one billiard dollar; ca. 10 billiard humans have lost their life.
keywords:
documentary , gold , colonialism , forced labour
war:
Congolese Civil War (1997-1999)
literature:
Adam Hochschild. King Leopold's Ghosts - A story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
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