King Leopold's Ghost Movie Updates

Tue., Dec. 17, 2019

• changed the movie production status to Development
• added Ben Affleck as director to movie credits
• added Madison Ainley as executive producer to movie credits
• added Gina Belafonte as producer to movie credits
• added Harry Belafonte as producer to movie credits
• added Emma Koskoff-Tillinger as producer to movie credits
• added Martin Scorsese as producer to movie credits
• added Ben Affleck as producer to movie credits
• added drama as genre
• added One Media as a production company
• added Sikela Productions as a production company
• added Pearl Street Films as a production company
• added Farhad Safinia as screenwriter to movie credits
• added a synopsis

• Set at a moment when European countries are racing to find ways to carve up the natural resources of Africa, Belgium's King Leopold II becomes the world's richest man with billions stashed in secret bank accounts by gaining private ownership of the ... show all Congo Free State, and inserts a mercenary army to cruelly plunder rubber and ivory. He forces the locals to harvest it. Those who refused are dismembered or worse, and as many as 8 million are killed in this ruthless pursuit. The Congolese defy Leopold II and fight back. Their heroic plight sparks a daring and unlikely alliance between a black American missionary, an English investigative journalist and an Irish spy that shine a light on the horrors and give birth to the first human rights movement.

• created the movie page