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King Leopold's Ghost

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King Leopold's Ghost (2006)

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Reviews Counted:11

Fresh:10

Rotten:1

Average Rating:7.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: Academy Award winner Don Cheadle narrates this documentary, which takes a look at the brutal reign of King Leopold II, who oversaw the slaughter of over 10 million people in the Congo.

Starring: James Cromwell, Frank McCourt, Alfre Woodard

Starring: James Cromwell, Frank McCourt, Alfre Woodard

Director: Pippa Scott

Director: Pippa Scott

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... 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.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
09/29/06
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

Although King Leopold's Ghost dwells perhaps too long on the viciousness, it does offer clues on how it became a circle.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
09/28/06
Michael Ordoña
Michael Ordoña
Los Angeles Times
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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.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
09/28/06
Ernest Hardy
Ernest Hardy
L.A. Weekly

King Leopold’s Ghost can be recommended as an economical education in one of the lesser-known atrocities of the capitalist system, as well as an eye-opening account of history’s most ruthless amasser of wealth.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
08/23/06
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer

In its hard-hitting depiction of a legacy of unspeakable brutality, this film shows that the ghosts of Leopold are alive and well.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
08/18/06
Sheri Linden
Sheri Linden
Hollywood Reporter
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The movie, directed by Pippa Scott and Oreet Rees, includes beautifully shot footage of the lush landscape, plus horrifying black and white footage and stills of the Congolese under the yoke of Leopold and his successors.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
08/18/06
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News

Europe's genocidal adventures in Africa receive a passionate reckoning in this ambitious documentary based on Adam Hochschild's best-selling history of the same title.

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08/18/06
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
New York Times
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Exhaustively if sometimes depressingly thorough.

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08/18/06
Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger

It is an indispensable treatise on Western hegemony and capitalist plunder -- as seen through the troubled history of the Congo.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
08/18/06
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday

Ghost throws its most powerful punch in its second half, reporting on contempo events as a direct repeat of the ghastly Leopold era.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
08/18/06
Robert Koehler
Robert Koehler
Variety
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King Leopold's Ghost traces the living legacy of colonialism.

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08/18/06
Joshua Land
Joshua Land
Village Voice
 
 
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