West Indies (1979)
- Original title
- West Indies ou les Nègres marrons de la liberté
- Directed by
- Med Hondo
- Genre
- music, history, drama
- Country
- Mauritania
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 15 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Set on a slave ship, the film uses music and drama to show the history of French colonialism in the West Indies. It follows enslaved people and their struggles for freedom from the 17th century through the 20th century.
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What happens
West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty (French: West Indies ou les Nègres marrons de la liberté) is a 1979 French-language musical drama film directed by Med Hondo. The plot of the film was adapted from a play titled Les négriers (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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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