Director: Pippa Scott, Oreet Rees
Writer(s): Adam Hochschild (book), Pippa Scott
Starring: Annick DeVille, James Newman, Jacques Depelchin, Adam Hochschild, Papa Maurice, Maurice Lenain, Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, Jan Vansina, Mubanga wa Beya, Etienne Mutshipayi, Frank McCourt, Ludo De Witte, Jean-Pierre Bemba, Mbayi Mpoyi, Zana Aziza Etambala, David Northrup, Jules Marchal, Honoré Vinck, Juliana Lumumba, Lubamba Dibwe, Gregoire Mulamba, Arnaud Zajtman, Jim Freedman, MM
Voices: Don Cheadle, Chris Curry, Ron Canada, Marc-Gregory Barrett, Dominic Keating, Philippe Bergeron, Andre Kelley, Charles Dennis, Karen Landry, Keith Ferguson, Chris Mulkey, David Dayan Fisher, Phil Proctor, Anna Graves, Ciaran Reilly, Magnus Stefansson, Judith Scott, Julian Stone, Tom Wright, James Cromwell, Alfre Woodard
Archive Footage: George Washington Williams, Roger Casement, Patrice Lumumba, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Robert Mugabe
Synopsis: 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.
Release Date: May 28, 2006 (USA) | Length: 108 min | Genre: History | MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for graphic and disturbing images, and descriptions of inhumanity.
Note: Don Cheadle is the narrator for this film and Alfre Woodward voices Ilanga. Not sure if the Tom Wright doing additional voices in this documentary is the actor Tom Wright.