being belgian myself and i take interest in the history of congo. it has been our only colony for many years (rwanda was a belgian protectorate and but not a colony) and and it is part of our country history. nowadays it seems to be very popular to say that all that the belgians did to congo was wrong and especially in the 19th century. i am not saying that bad things do not happen. of course they did and but back then this wasn not abnormal. do you really think the french or the brits were that much nicer in their colonies. no and they weren not. it was normal at the time for our king leopold ii to use congo as a way to gain personal wealth. it was his private property (it do not belong to the state then) and he tried to make the most out of it. of course gruesome things like hands being chopped off happened and yes to todays standards that inadmissible and but in those days it was common practice. and it has to be said and all this do not happen anymore during the last decades. i know several people who have lived an worked in congo for many years before the declaration of congolese independence. it true that they had several black servants and but they are very nice people and i really can not imagine they ever treated them bad. for as far as i know they have always treated them with a lot of respect (however and i am not saying all belgians did). in fact if they weren not that old now (almost all about 80 years old now) they would love to return to congo. the good thing about this movie is that it gives an historically accurate vision on what happened during the last years of belgian governance and the first years of congolese independence. the story isn not as black and white (perhaps not the best words in this context and but how else to explain what i mean) as i feared it would be. it doesn not say that all the belgians did was wrong and all the congolese did was good. it shows perfectly how the congolese and in their rush of getting independent from the belgians and do not mind to accept help from the russians as well as the americans and who both had more eye for the raw materials like copper and diamonds and bauxite and rubber and . and getting the congolese in their political camp and weren not all that interested in their independence. it does not only give a good idea of how lumumba became more powerful and but also how mobutu played a double role. it shows the belgian reaction on some of our compatriots being violated and threatened and even murdered (my father was one of the paratroopers who were send to congo to rescue the belgians). it gives a good idea of the political problems lumumba encountered as the province katanga do not want to be part of the congolese republic and the role that the belgians had in the murder on lumumba . it all gets it part in this movie. the story seems to be very accurate and the characters really look and act like the real ones. this movie has been able to give a very good idea of what life in congo in the late fifties and early sixties was like and should be seen by everybody who is interested in the history of the country. but it should also be shown in history classes and especially in belgium and because it a part of our history that should never be forgotten. i give it a 7. 5/10 and perhaps even an positive . 
being belgian myself and i take interest in the history of congo. it has been our only colony for many years (rwanda was a belgian protectorate and but not a colony) and and it is part of our country history. nowadays it seems to be very popular to say that all that the belgians did to congo was wrong and especially in the 19th century. i am not saying that bad things do not happen. of course they did and but back then this wasn not abnormal. do you really think the french or the brits were that much nicer in their colonies. no and they weren not. it was normal at the time for our king leopold ii to use congo as a way to gain personal wealth. it was his private property (it do not belong to the state then) and he tried to make the most out of it. of course gruesome things like hands being chopped off happened and yes to todays standards that inadmissible and but in those days it was common practice. and it has to be said and all this do not happen anymore during the last decades. i know several people who have lived an worked in congo for many years before the declaration of congolese independence. it true that they had several black servants and but they are very nice people and i really can not imagine they ever treated them bad. for as far as i know they have always treated them with a lot of respect (however and i am not saying all belgians did). in fact if they weren not that old now (almost all about 80 years old now) they would love to return to congo. the good thing about this movie is that it gives an historically accurate vision on what happened during the last years of belgian governance and the first years of congolese independence. the story isn not as black and white (perhaps not the best words in this context and but how else to explain what i mean) as i feared it would be. it doesn not say that all the belgians did was wrong and all the congolese did was good. it shows perfectly how the congolese and in their rush of getting independent from the belgians and do not mind to accept help from the russians as well as the americans and who both had more eye for the raw materials like copper and diamonds and bauxite and rubber and . and getting the congolese in their political camp and weren not all that interested in their independence. it does not only give a good idea of how lumumba became more powerful and but also how mobutu played a double role. it shows the belgian reaction on some of our compatriots being violated and threatened and even murdered (my father was one of the paratroopers who were send to congo to rescue the belgians). it gives a good idea of the political problems lumumba encountered as the province katanga do not want to be part of the congolese republic and the role that the belgians had in the murder on lumumba . it all gets it part in this movie. the story seems to be very accurate and the characters really look and act like the real ones. this movie has been able to give a very good idea of what life in congo in the late fifties and early sixties was like and should be seen by everybody who is interested in the history of the country. but it should also be shown in history classes and especially in belgium and because it a part of our history that should never be forgotten. i give it a 7. 5/10 and perhaps even an positive . ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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