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Summary:

"The modern history of the Congo is a story of terrifying brutality. Beginning with the horrific campaigns of King Leopold II, and tracing the impact of the Belgian-led abuses on later ages, this shocking documentary is a heart-rending tale of a rich country destroyed by colonial greed"--Container.

Table of Contents:

• The Lion is that Fierce Intensity which Recognizes No Authority Except the Highest Truth (3:14)
• Belgium "Small Country, Small People" King Leopold II 1862 (1:41)
• Congo: "That Magnificent African Cake" King Leopold II 1877 (3:45)
• "Ivory, They Sighed ... You'd Think They Were Praying to It" Joseph Conrad (3:53)
• Independent State of the Congo (5:18)
• "Crimes Against Humanity" George Washington Williams (2:40)
• "Beasts of Burden with Monkey Legs" Edmond Picard (5:03)
• "The Vilest Scramble for Loot that Ever Disfigured the History of Human Conscience" Joseph Conrad: Part One (3:57)
• "The Vilest Scramble for Loot that Ever Disfigured the History of Human Conscience" Joseph Conrad: Part Two (5:30)
• "The Horror! The Horror!" Joseph Conrad (2:46)
• "A Secret Society of Murderers" Edmund Dene Morel (3:18)
• "Infamous. Infamous. Shameful System" Roger Casement: Part One (4:17)
• "Infamous. Infamous. Shameful System" Roger Casement: Part Two (4:16)
• "A Cry for Justice and Mercy Rises from the Congo" Edmund Dene Morel: Part One (4:55)
• "That Magnificent African Cake" King Leopold II: Part One (4:01)
• "That Magnificent African Cake" King Leopold II: Part Two (2:11)
• "That Magnificent African Cake" King Leopold II: Part Three (1:48)
• "That Magnificent African Cake" King Leopold II: Part Four (3:40)
• "A Secret Society of Murderers" Edmund Dene Morel: Part One (3:44)
• "A Secret Society of Murderers" Edmund Dene Morel: Part Two (3:10)

• "A Secret Society of Murderers" Edmund Dene Morel: Part Three (3:10)
• "The Vilest Scramble for Loot that Ever Disfigured the History of Human Conscience" Joseph Conrad: Part One (2:34)
• "The Vilest Scramble for Loot that Ever Disfigured the History of Human Conscience" Joseph Conrad: Part Two (3:02)
• "The Vilest Scramble for Loot that Ever Disfigured the History of Human Conscience" Joseph Conrad: Part Three (3:51)
• "The Vilest Scramble for Loot that Ever Disfigured the History of Human Conscience" Joseph Conrad: Part Three (2:16)
• "The Vilest Scramble for Loot that Ever Disfigured the History of Human Conscience" Joseph Conrad: Part Four (2:00)
• "The Vilest Scramble for Loot that Ever Disfigured the History of Human Conscience" Joseph Conrad: Part Five (2:22)
• "The Vilest Scramble for Loot that Ever Disfigured the History of Human Conscience" Joseph Conrad: Part Six (4:37)
• Credits: King Leopold's Ghost (3:15)
• Area1 (0:10).

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Contributors:

Scott, Pippa, 1935- , screenwriter, film producer, film director

Cheadle, Don , narrator

Woodard, Alfre, 1953- , narrator

Cromwell, James , narrator

Hochschild, Adam

Linden Productions , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Journeyman Pictures (Great Britain) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

King Leopold's ghost (Motion picture)

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: King Leopold's ghost [by Hochschild, A.]

Other Related Resources:

Videodisc version: King Leopold's ghost (Motion picture) [King Leopold's ghost] ([Surrey, U.K.] : Journeyman Pictures, [2011] — OCLC Number 809853517)

Subjects:

Hochschild, Adam — Film adaptations

Congo (Democratic Republic) — Politics and government — 1885-1908

Forced labor — Congo (Democratic Republic) — History — 19th century

Forced labor — Congo (Democratic Republic) — History — 20th century

Indigenous peoples — Congo (Democratic Republic) — History — 19th century

Indigenous peoples — Congo (Democratic Republic) — History — 20th century

Congo (Democratic Republic) — Race relations — History — 19th century

Congo (Democratic Republic) — Race relations — History — 20th century

Human rights movements — History — 19th century

Human rights movements — History — 20th century

Hochschild, Adam

1800-1999

Forced labor

Indigenous peoples

Race relations

Human rights movements

Politics and government

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Genres:

Documentary films

Internet videos

Nonfiction films

Feature films

Online media

Film adaptations

History

Performers:

Narration by Don Cheadle with Alfre Woodard and James Cromwell.

Production Credits:

Co-produced by Glory Friend ; co-directed & edited by Oreet Rees ; music, Yoav Goren ; senior cinematographer, Craig Matthew.

General Notes:

"Based on the book by Adam Hochschild."
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2005.
Description based on: DVD version record, title from title screen (viewed August 25, 2016).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (103 min.))

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

OCLC Numbers:

957290820