Totems and Taboos (2018)

12/07/2018 (BE) • 54m

Documentary, History

Recalling Belgium's brutal colonial history

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.

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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

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

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