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This brilliant documentary, which shows not only how Belgian King Leopold II made the huge and resource-rich central African Congo his own private reserve, but how his legacy of exploiting the land and brutalizing its people continues in modern times.Full Review

Jack Mathews
New York Daily News

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

Los Angeles Times

King Leopold's Ghost is 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

Ernest Hardy
L.A. Weekly

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

Michael Ordona
Los Angeles Times

Sleeker and more ambitious than the 2003 BBC-produced "Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death," which focused more narrowly on long-suppressed Belgian atrocities of that era.Full Review

Joshua Land
Village Voice
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