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5.0 out of 5 stars
Well researched, excellenty told story of an ongoing tragedy, March 5, 2006
This review is from: Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (DVD)
A superbly told and excellently researched documentary on the genocide perpetrated against the Congolese people by King Leopold II of Belgium, and covered up and perpetuated by the Belgian State. This moving documentary tells in a microcosm the story of modern Africa - which can only be truly understood by looking at each country - and exposes the roots of its current pains. If the United States thrives because it was built on the principles of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; it can be no accident that a country founded on the undescribable principles instituted by King Leopald II and perpetuated by the Belgian State, remains steeped in violence, poverty and human deprivity. Afam Edozie
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Useful for my AP World History class, April 7, 2010
This review is from: Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (DVD)
I showed this video to my AP World History class. My students enjoyed watching it. The documentary helped to show the horrors of Belgian colonialism through photographs, historians, and archive testimony (missionaries, reporters, etc). The documentary does not attempt or purport to present an objective view of Belgian colonialism, however. It clearly has an agenda - make Belgians, in particular, and whites, in general, feel guilty about their past. As long as you and your students know this, go ahead and buy it!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
very interesting, very well done, February 20, 2009
This review is from: Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (DVD)
This documentary ranks up there with some of the very best and most interesting that I have ever watched. It goes into a good deal of depth on the history and how Leopold exploited the country and set it up for further failure in the future. It was very interesting and kept me glued to the tube. I own somewhere near 100 documentaries and this is one of the best I've seen. (Don't let the goofy cartoon intro stuff fool you)
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