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Although King Leopold's Ghost dwells perhaps too long on the viciousness, it does offer clues on how it became a circle. Sep 28, 2006 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Although King Leopold's Ghost dwells perhaps too long on the viciousness, it does offer clues on how it became a circle.
Michael Ordoña
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. Aug 23, 2006
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.
Andrew Sarris
In its hard-hitting depiction of a legacy of unspeakable brutality, this film shows that the ghosts of Leopold are alive and well. Aug 18, 2006
In its hard-hitting depiction of a legacy of unspeakable brutality, this film shows that the ghosts of Leopold are alive and well.
Sheri Linden
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. Aug 18, 2006 | Rating: 3.5/4
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.
Jack Mathews
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. Aug 18, 2006 | Rating: 2.5/5
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.
Manohla Dargis
Exhaustively if sometimes depressingly thorough. Aug 18, 2006 | Rating: 3/4
Exhaustively if sometimes depressingly thorough.
Stephen Whitty
In great detail, we see the origins of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, the galvanizing of ruthless investigative reporters and the glimmer of what might have been... Dec 6, 2018 | Rating: A | Full Review…
In great detail, we see the origins of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, the galvanizing of ruthless investigative reporters and the glimmer of what might have been...
Saundra Sorenson
... 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. Sep 29, 2006
... 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.
Andy Klein
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. Sep 28, 2006
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.
Ernest Hardy
It is an indispensable treatise on Western hegemony and capitalist plunder -- as seen through the troubled history of the Congo. Aug 18, 2006 | Rating: 3/4
It is an indispensable treatise on Western hegemony and capitalist plunder -- as seen through the troubled history of the Congo.
John Anderson
Ghost throws its most powerful punch in its second half, reporting on contempo events as a direct repeat of the ghastly Leopold era. Aug 18, 2006
Ghost throws its most powerful punch in its second half, reporting on contempo events as a direct repeat of the ghastly Leopold era.
Robert Koehler
King Leopold's Ghost traces the living legacy of colonialism. Aug 18, 2006 | Full Review…
King Leopold's Ghost traces the living legacy of colonialism.
Joshua Land
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