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BBC Storyville - Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (2004) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Sept. 1, 2019

Peter Bate's "Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death" is a documentary that recounts the genocide perpetrated against the people of Congo by the colonial occupation under the control of Belgium's King Leopold II.

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National Geographic - Wild Congo (2014) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Feb. 23, 2019

The Congo: more powerful and dangerous than any other river, yet a sanctuary and home for some of the most wonderful creatures on our Earth. Wild Congo follows the second largest river on Earth from its source in Zambia on its journey through marshland areas and rainforests. The Congo's journey stretches over a distance of 5,000 kilometres, starting as a small stream and developing into a raging river that engulfs everything in its path.

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Filmbuff - Mission Congo (2013) Movies

Posted by notbanned at June 8, 2019

A documentary that examines whether a charity organized by Pat Robertson to aid Rwandan genocide refugees was a front for diamond mining.

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The Congo Tribunal (2017) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Aug. 12, 2018

In more than 20 years, the Congo War has claimed six million lives. The population suffers from impunity, the war-crimes have never been legally prosecuted. Due to the high occurrence of "high-tech raw materials", many consider the conflict as one of the most decisive economic battles for the share in the era of globalization. For "The Congo Tribunal", Milo Rau gathered victims, perpetrators, witnesses and analysts of the Congo War for a unique civil tribunal in Eastern Congo. For the first time in the history of this war, 3 exemplary cases were heard, exposing an unveiled portrait of one of the biggest and bloodiest economic wars in the history of mankind.

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Les Films du Panthéon - Travels in the Congo (1927) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Feb. 4, 2019

Travels in the Congo is a French documentary film, directed by Marc Allégret. It depicts his expedition in French Equatorial Africa. The documentaries of the 1920s, such as Nanook of the North (1922) and La Croisière noire (1926), relied on adventure elements and exoticism to attract an audience. In contrast, Allégret set out to portray African cultures in an objective way. He deliberately excluded references to his manner of travel and the difficulties of the journey, to avoid focusing on "adventure". He also excluded several "grotesque" aspects of African life. The film depicts the daily lives of eight ethnic groups, focusing on their agriculture, hunting, and fishing practices.

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BBC Storyville - This is Congo (2018) Movies

Posted by notbanned at July 1, 2018

A raw and unfiltered insight into the bloodiest conflict since the Second World War. Over the last two decades, the mineral-rich Democratic Republic of Congo has witnessed over five million conflict-related deaths, multiple regime changes and the impoverishment of its people. Following the lives of four diverse characters - a government whistleblower, a patriotic military commander, a mineral dealer and a displaced tailor - this programme offers a visceral, yet intimate insight into a nation caught between the foreign-backed M23 rebels and the government ruled by president Joseph Kabila, who cancels elections and refuses to relinquish power.

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This is Congo (2017) Movies

Posted by notbanned at July 21, 2018

An unfiltered look in to the lives of 3 characters surviving amongst the most recent cycle of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, otherwise known as the M23 rebellion.

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Congo Maisie (1940) Movies

Posted by rwdfox at May 25, 2018

In this adaptation of the novel "Congo Landing," showgirl Maisie Ravier is left stranded in an African village. She's given refuge by Michael Shane, an attractive, but hard-boiled local doctor.

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Curiosity Stream - Rescued Chimpanzees of the Congo Special (2021) Movies

Posted by rwdfox at April 8, 2023

We follow Dr. Jane Goodall's journey to create a sanctuary, Tchimpounga, meeting world famous chimp Gregoire, surrogate mother La Vielle, and rescued orphan Motambo.

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Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death Movies

Posted by at Oct. 14, 2020

Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (2004)
This true, astonishing story of what King Leopold II did in the Congo was forgotten for over 50 years. "Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death" describes how King Leopold II of Belgium turned the Congo into his private colony between 1885 and 1908. Under his control, Congo became a gulag labour camp of shocking brutality. Leopold posed as the protector of Africans fleeing Arab slave-traders but, in reality, he carved out an empire based on terror to harvest rubber. From the mid-1880s and lasting for nearly 40 years, an estimated 10 million Congolese were killed under Leopold's reign. The madness only came to an end thanks to the efforts of British journalist and humanitarian E.D. Morel, who exposed the human rights abuses in Congo and published photographs of the mutilated Congolese.

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