West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty (1979)
1h 56m
Running Time
January 2, 1979Release Date
West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty (1979)
1h 56m
Running Time
January 2, 1979Release Date

Plot.
Aboard a giant slave ship in an abandoned Citroën factory, the history of the West Indies is traced through several centuries of French oppression. The ship becomes a stage for the people to tell stories via song and dance—from their enslavement to their displacement in Metropolitan France.
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Cast & Crew.

Robert Liensol
Le parlementaire

Roland Bertin
La 'Mort'

Philippe Clévenot
L'abbé

Hélène Vincent
L'assistante sociale

Théo Légitimus
Monnerbourg

Georges Hilarion
Monsieur Belleville

Elliot Roy
L'homme

Cyril Aventurin
Le père de famille

Fernand Berset
L'hôtelier

Đelo Hadžiselimović
Le premier acrobate

Gérard Bloncourt
Monsieur De la Pierre

Toto Bissainthe
Soeur Marie Joseph de Cluny

Monique Couturier
La Dame de souten

Jean-Paul Denizon
Le representant des patrons

Gabriel Glissant
Le premier acrobate

Elsie Haas
L'infirmière

Blanche Lolia
Mireille

Med Hondo
Director / Writer / Producer

Linda Dingwall
Choreographer

Auguste Galli
Sound

François Catonné
Director of Photography

Daniel Boukman
Writer / Novel

Georges Rabol
Original Music Composer / Orchestrator

Antoine Bonfanti
Sound

Frank Valmont
Original Music Composer

Georges Glon
Set Decoration

Josiane Deschamps
Makeup Designer

Fatiha Robichet
Makeup Artist

Youcef Tobni
Editor

Michèle Cerf
Costume Design

Gilles Baur
Animation

Ghyslain Martin
Costume Design
Media.


Details.
Release DateJanuary 2, 1979
Original NameWest Indies ou les Nègres marrons de la liberté
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 56m
Budget$1,350,000
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
musical
Wiki.
West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty (French: West Indies ou les Nègres marrons de la liberté) is a 1979 Algerian-Mauritanian French-language musical drama film directed by Med Hondo. The plot of the film was adapted from a play titled Les Negriers (The Slavers), written by Daniel Boukman. The film is highly regarded as a landmark film in the history of African cinema as it was made with a lavish budget of US$1.35 million, making it one of the biggest budgeted African films ever to be made. Against the backdrop of the colonial West Indies, which was under French imperialism, the drama was set on a slave ship. The film had its theatrical release in 1979.
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