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King Leopold’s Ghost
Director: Ben Affleck
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Inspired by Adam Hochschild’s best-selling book about Leopold II of Belgium’s plunder in the Congo and the Congolese who defied him and fought back. The struggle sparked an unlikely alliance between a black American missionary, an English investigative journalist and an Irish spy, resulting in one of the first human rights movements in history.
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This film about Leopold II's plunder in the Congo and the Congolese resistance has not yet been critically acclaimed or widely reviewed, as it appears to be a little-known or unreleased project. Without any awards recognition or ratings data available, it's difficult to assess the public reception of this historical drama directed by Ben Affleck.
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Directed by Ben Affleck, King Leopold's Ghost offers a powerful and poignant dramatization of the Congolese people's resistance against the brutal colonial rule of Belgium's King Leopold II. This unique blend of historical drama and human rights activism is sure to captivate fans of thought-provoking, socially conscious filmmaking.