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White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
Peter Bate
2004 - 109 min - Beta numérique - Couleur - Belgique
Author-Director : Peter Bate
Delegate Producer : Periscope productions NV
Broadcasting Co-producer : BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Broadcasting Co-producer : ZDF/ARTE
Broadcasting Co-producer : Ikon-TV (Pays-Bas), VRT - CANVAS, RTBF Bruxelles, YLE (Finlande)
Contribution : Media Plus, Fonds Indépendant de la Communauté francophone de la Belgique
Peter Bate
2004 - 109 min - Beta numérique - Couleur - Belgique
This is about the brutal History of colonization in Central Africa by King Leopold II of Belgium. At that time, this part of Africa was transformed into a huge work camp, where millions died.
In the film Pete Bate, the director of the British Museum, first tells how, at the end of the 19th century, a clutch of photographs triggered a scandal when they were published.
The pictures showed mutilated African children: their hands and feet had been cut off. Missionaries had taken these photographs in Congo, showing what kind of atrocious deeds had been committed...
Author-Director : Peter Bate
Delegate Producer : Periscope productions NV
Broadcasting Co-producer : BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Broadcasting Co-producer : ZDF/ARTE
Broadcasting Co-producer : Ikon-TV (Pays-Bas), VRT - CANVAS, RTBF Bruxelles, YLE (Finlande)
Contribution : Media Plus, Fonds Indépendant de la Communauté francophone de la Belgique