Congo : 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.
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FilmPublisher number: 88520 | Facets VideoSeries: Rovi Media Collection. Movies.Publication details: New York : ArtMattan Productions, [2006]Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : anamorphic, sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 1565805135
- Boma-Tervuren, the journey [Other title]
- White king, red rubber, black death
- Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909
- Exposition internationale (1897 : Tervuren, Belgium)
- Forced labor -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History
- Rubber industry and trade -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History
- Human zoos -- Belgium -- Tervuren
- Boma (African people) -- History
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Foreign relations
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- To 1908
- Belgium -- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration
- DT657
- Narrator, Nick Fraser ; cinematography, Renaat Lambeets ; editor, Hugh Williamson ; music, Howard Davidson ; costume designer, Else Bognerts.
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Africa University Main Library | DT657 BAT 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0000082598013 |
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.
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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