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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.

Cast

• Robert Liensol [fr] as The Parliamentarian
• Roland Bertin as Death
• Hélène Vincent as The Social Worker
• Philippe Clévenot [fr] as The Abbot
• Cyril Aventurin as The Father
• Fernand Berset as The Hotel Manager
• Gérard Bloncourt as Monsieur De la Pierre
• Toto Bissainthe as Sister Marie Joseph de Cluny

References

1. "West Indies". www.locarnofestival.ch. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
2. "What Nigeria's Nollywood Can Learn from Med Hondo's "West Indies"". MUBI. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
3. "Med Hondo is the African Auteur You Need to See". TIFF. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
4. Maslin, Janet (1985-03-08). "'West Indies,' Musical History". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
5. "Med Hondo's West Indies Rebellion (1979)". Black History Wals. Retrieved 24 January 2024.

External links

• West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty at IMDb

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