The modern history of the Congo is a terrifying story of appalling brutality. Beginning with King Leopold II of Belgium's avaricious rape of the country and tracing the impact of this horrifying and often-forgotten crime through to the modern day, this immensely shocking doc is a heart-rending tale of a rich country destroyed by rapacious hands.... (Full plot summary below)
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The modern history of the Congo is a terrifying story of appalling brutality. Beginning with King Leopold II of Belgium's avaricious rape of the country and tracing the impact of this horrifying and often-forgotten crime through to the modern day, this immensely shocking doc is a heart-rending tale of a rich country destroyed by rapacious hands.
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| New York Daily NewsJack MathewsThis brilliant documentary, which shows not only how Belgian King Leopold II made the huge and resource-rich central African Congo his own private reserve, but how his legacy of exploiting the land and brutalizing its people continues in modern times. |
| L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyKing Leopold's Ghost is an often infuriating (and excruciating) film to watch, but one that gets to the root of the despair that now plagues so much of the African continent. |
| Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdonaAlthough King Leopold's Ghost dwells perhaps too long on the viciousness, it does offer clues on how it became a circle. |
| Ventura County ReporterSaundra SorensonIn great detail, we see the origins of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, the galvanizing of ruthless investigative reporters and the glimmer of what might have been... |
| The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenIn its hard-hitting depiction of a legacy of unspeakable brutality, this film shows that the ghosts of Leopold are alive and well. |
| VarietyRobert KoehlerGhost throws its most powerful punch in its second half, reporting on contempo events as a direct repeat of the ghastly Leopold era. |
| Village VoiceJoshua LandSleeker and more ambitious than the 2003 BBC-produced "Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death," which focused more narrowly on long-suppressed Belgian atrocities of that era. |
| Los Angeles CityBeatAndy Klein... hugely informative ... but [it] can be hard to get through ... not so much because of its sometimes excessive level of detail, but because of the stream of atrocity photographs we are subjected to. |
| The New York TimesManohla DargisMs. Scott's outrage is palpable, but she has bitten off enough here for a 10-hour television series. |
| User ReviewDaveC.supurb film in every way...absolutley stunning..better than Godfather Part 2. |
