Most Similar Movies to King Leopold's Ghost (2006)
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Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (2005), Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004), Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary (2002), Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993), The Look of Silence (2014), Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz (2018), I Am MLK Jr. (2018) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (2005)
In the late 19th century, King Leopold II uses the Congo -- part of his newly established kingdom, the Belgian Free State -- as a rubber and ivory mecca and uses troops to brutally dispose of anyone who refuses to retrieve the valuable materials.
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Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004)
A documentary on Senator John Kerry's Navy tour of duty in Vietnam, his contributions to the peace movement that followed, and the ultimate shape of his future political career.
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Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary (2002)
Filmmakers André Heller and Othmar Schmiderer interview Traudl Junge, a secretary to Adolf Hitler in 1942.
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Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
In 1990 a disagreement over land rights between Mohawk Indians and the Canadian government leads to a 78-day standoff.
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The Look of Silence (2014)
A family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.
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Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz (2018)
A portrait of Ben Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg Trial prosecutor, who continues to wage his lifelong crusade in the fight for law and peace.
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I Am MLK Jr. (2018)
This documentary explores the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his impact on civil rights through present day.
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Are You Proud? (2019)
The history of the LGBTQ+ movement in the 50 years since the Stonewall Riots. Reflecting upon prominent issues within the LGBTQ+ community like AIDs and hate crimes, the film also shows how the movement has supported people from all walks of life.
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Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
This documentary explores the American military's use of torture by focusing on the unsolved murder of an Afhgani taxi driver who, in 2002, was taken for questioning at Bagram Force Air Base. Five days later, the man was dead. The medical examiner claimed the driver died from excessive physical abuse. Taking this case as a jumping-off point, the film examines wider claims of torture that occurred at bases like Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay during the Bush administration.
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Long Night's Journey Into Day (2000)
Following the end of apartheid in South Africa during the 1990s, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to pursue social justice, and this acclaimed documentary focuses on some of the stories that emerged from the organization's cases. Although renowned leader Bishop Desmond Tutu appears, the film focuses primarily on everyday people, both white and black, who committed appalling crimes during apartheid and came to the commission seeking forgiveness.
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Paragraph 175 (2000)
Filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman chronicle the persecution of homosexuals under the Third Reich. Narrated by Rupert Everett.
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S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (2003)
This documentary, directed by a survivor of the genocide, chronicles the systematized murder perpetuated by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, specifically the torture and killing of the educated classes in the notorious S-21 prison, which is now a museum. But this film is not about statistics and generalized history. Instead, it focuses on two survivors who return to the prison, coming face-to-face with some of the guards who insist that they were only following bureaucratic orders.
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Music for Mandela (2013)
Music for Mandela explores the role music played in the remarkable life of one of the world's most important icons. The effects of this relationship continue to ripple through the poorest South African townships as well as the world stage.
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Forgiving Dr. Mengele (2006)
Holocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor makes a controversial decision to heal her wounded soul by forgiving those who tortured her and her twin sister at Auschwitz.
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The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
A documentary of the successful career and assassination of San Francisco's first elected gay city supervisor.
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Secret Lives: Hidden Children & Their Rescuers During WWII (2002)
Through interviews we meet some of the people who risked their lives to hide Jewish children during World War II and how this experience has continued to affect the survivors.
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Prisoner of Paradise (2002)
Kurt Gerron was a star in Germany's theater and cabaret scene in the 1920s and 1930s, performing with some of the country's best artists and entertainers of the time. But with the rise of Adolf Hitler, the acclaimed Jewish entertainer was relegated to the role of prisoner in a Nazi-run concentration camp. There he was forced to put his talents to use writing and directing a propaganda film that sang the praises of his captors. This documentary tells Gerron's shocking and tragic story.
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Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1993)
Pulp novels of the '50s and '60s frame this recollection of the lesbian experience in Canada during that era.
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