West Indies

Movie
TitleWest Indies ou les Nègres marrons de la liberté
User score

5.8

Release dateJan 2, 1979
GenreMusic, History
DirectorMed Hondo
Production countryAlgeria, France, Mauritania
Production companiesLes Films Soleil O, Office National de Cinema Mauritanian, R.T.A., Societe Interafricaine de Production Cinemagraphique, Yanek Films
Budget$1,350,000
Run time116 min.

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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