We are going to watch starting at 1 hour into the film-- so the last 40 minutes of it. This part of the film is about the legacies of colonialism in the Congo. About the Film The story of the Congo is one of appalling brutality. The narrative follows the troubled history of the region from King Leopold II of Belgium's avaricious economic exploitation of the country, tracing the impact of this horrifying and often-forgotten colonial crime through to the modern day, this brutally honest doc is a heart-rending tale of a rich country destroyed by imperial greed. |
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Ashley Carruth11th and 12th grade Humanities teacher at Animas High School, a project-based learning charter school in Durango, Colorado Archives
October 2020
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