West Indies (1979)
1h 53m
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.
Where to Watch.
Subs
Subs
Currently West Indies is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: MUBI, MUBI Apple TV Channel
Streaming in:🇫🇷 France
This Movie Is About.
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
Gabriel Glissant
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
François Catonné
Director of Photography
Daniel Boukman
Writer / Novel
Youcef Tobni
Editor
Georges Rabol
Original Music Composer / Orchestrator
Frank Valmont
Original Music Composer
Jacques Saulnier
Production Design
Georges Glon
Set Decoration
Ghyslain Martin
Costume Design
Michèle Cerf
Costume Design
Josiane Deschamps
Makeup Designer
Fatiha Robichet
Makeup Artist
Antoine Bonfanti
Sound
Gilles Baur
Animation
Linda Dingwall
Choreographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 2, 1979
Original NameWest Indies ou les Nègres marrons de la liberté
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 53m
Budget$1,350,000
Genres
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 drama film directed by Med Hondo. The plot of the film was adapted from a novel 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 as 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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