Totems and Taboos

Recalling Belgium's brutal colonial history

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History
Documentary

Overview

In Brussels, Belgium, the Royal Museum of Central Africa is undertaking a radical renovation, both physical and ethical, to show with sincerity, crudeness and open-mindedness the reality of the atrocities perpetrated against the inhabitants of the Belgian colonies in Africa, still haunted and traumatized by the ghost of King Leopold II of Belgium, a racist and genocidal tyrant.

Keywords

racism
natural history museum
antiracism
african history
colonization
democratic republic of the congo
historical revisionism
cultural genocide
etnography
belgian history
human slavery
belgian congo
anti-racism

Details

Status: Released
Release date: December 7, 2018
Original language: English
Spoken languages: english
Countries: Belgium
Production: Journeyman Pictures,VRT,ARTE GEIE,Simple Productions,Simple Productions, ARTE GEIE, VRT
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt10469612