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Totems and Taboos
“Recalling Belgium's brutal colonial history”
7.0 / 10• 2018• 54m•NR• French
DocumentaryHistory
Storyline
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.
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Daniel Cattier's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Totems and Taboos is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
