Congo : white king, red rubber, black death / Boma-Tervuren, the journey. White king, red rubber, black death. an ArtMattan Productions release ; Periscope Productions and BBC, ZDF, Arte, IKON, VRT, RTBF, YLE, and in association with History Television, SBS Television, and Danmarks Radio ; produced by Paul Pauweis, Nick Fraser, Olaf Gunnert, Wessel van der Hammen, Philipe Van Meerbeeck, Bill Binnemans, and Iikka Vehkalahti ; written and directed by Peter Bate. - New York : ArtMattan Productions, [2006] - 1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : anamorphic, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - Rovi Media Collection. Movies. .

Title from container. Originally released as a documentary in 2004. Special features: Bonus documentary: "Boma-Tervuren, the journey." The accompanying film, Boma-Tervuren, revisits the extraordinary and tragic saga of 267 Boma people from the Belgian Congo exhibited in a human zoo in the 1897 World's Fair, and the question: How is the conception about the Africans different today? Also includes: Boma-Tervuren, le voyage = Boma-Tervuren, the journey (c1999, 54 min.) / COBRA Films prsente ; en coproduction avec la RTBF [and others] ; scnario et commentaires, Francis Dujardin ; ralisation, Francis Dujardin ; image, Louis-Philippe Capelle ; montage virtual, Eva Houdova-Mathias. Videorecording.

Narrator, Nick Fraser ; cinematography, Renaat Lambeets ; editor, Hugh Williamson ; music, Howard Davidson ; costume designer, Else Bognerts. Narrator, Nick Fraser ; cinematography, Renaat Lambeets ; editor, Hugh Williamson ; music, Howard Davidson ; costume designer, Else Bognerts.

Featuring: Elie Lison, Roger May, Steve Driesen, Tshilombo Imhotep, Annette Keeley.

Critical analysis and description of how King Leopold II of Belgium turned Congo into its 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.


DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.30:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, NTSC.


In English, French and Flemish with English subtitles.

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Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909.


Exposition internationale Tervuren, Belgium) (1897 :


Forced labor--History.--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Rubber industry and trade--History.--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Human zoos--Belgium--Tervuren.
Boma (African people)--History.


Congo (Democratic Republic)--Foreign relations.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--To 1908.
Belgium--Colonies--Administration.--Africa

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