King Leopold's Ghost Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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 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.

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Who is making King Leopold's Ghost – Crew List

A look at King Leopold's Ghost behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Ben Affleck last helmed Air and Live by Night. The film's writer Farhad Safinia last penned Brave New World (series) and The Professor and the Madman.

Director

Ben Affleck

Screenwriter

Farhad Safinia

Producers

Ben Affleck
Gina Belafonte
Harry Belafonte
Emma Koskoff-Tillinger
Martin Scorsese

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