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Totems and Taboos

"Recalling Belgium's brutal colonial history"

2018-12-07
7
fr 54m
DocumentaryHistory
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.

Director

Daniel Cattier

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

Status

Released

Countries

  • Belgium
  • France
  • Germany

Companies

  • Simple Productions
  • ARTE GEIE
  • VRT

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