King Leopold's Ghost

Films Media Group, (film distributor.). Journeyman Pictures (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: 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.

Record details

Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr. 42 min., 59 sec.)) : sound, color.
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Journeyman Pictures (Firm), [2011]
Distributor: New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Films Media Group, 2016.
Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:january.17 Originally released by Journeyman Pictures (Firm), 2011. Multi-User. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on September 08, 2016.
Formatted Contents Note:	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)
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Target Audience Note:	9 & up.
System Details Note:	Streaming video file. System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description (Films Media Group, October 16, 2016)