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

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Dec. 17, 2019

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King Leopold's Ghost

Ben Affleck, Harry Belafonte, Martin Scorsese, Farhad Safinia, Madison Ainley, Gina Belafonte, Emma Koskoff-Tillinger

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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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The film's director Ben Affleck last directed Air and Live by Night. The film's writer Farhad Safinia last wrote Brave New World (series) and The Professor and the Madman.

Director
Ben Affleck
Screenwriter
Producers
Ben Affleck
Gina Belafonte
Harry Belafonte
Emma Koskoff-Tillinger
Martin Scorsese

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  • To be based the book "King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa" by Adam Hochschild. True story.

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King Leopold's Ghost is coming out to on To Be Announced (TBA) There are 9,459 other movies coming out on the same date, including Insidious: Red Tale, The Rosie Project and Coyote vs. Acme.



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