Movies and TvShows featuring "rubber-industry" theme.

Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (2003) is a documentary that exposes the horrifying colonial rule imposed by King Leopold II of Belgium in the Congo during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It shines a light on the mass murder, forced labor, and genocide committed against the Congolese people in the pursuit of rubber and profit. Through reenactments and historical accounts, the film captures the terror and brutality of this dark period in African history.

Mania Akbari collaborates with British sculptor Douglas White to coin a tender fusion of langauge, where a meeting of cinema and sculpture investigates the processes of physical and psychological destruction and renewal. Begun a matter of weeks after first meeting, the film charts a deepening artistic and personal relationship exploring the nature of skin, family, death, water, desire and, throughout, a powerful will to form. Akbari looks into the connection between her body and the political history of Iran, investigating the relationship between her own physical traumas and the collective political memory of her birthplace. As she undergoes surgeries on a body decimated by cancer, remembrance and reconstruction provide a framework for investigating how bodies are traumatised, censored and politicized, and yet ultimately remain a site of possibility.

Short film directed by Ira Genet