(West Indies ou les Nègres marrons de la liberté)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Algeria,

France,

Mauritania

Genres:

Music,

History,

Drama

Runtime:

116 minutes

Year:

1979

Directors:

Med Hondo

Production companies:

Les Films Soleil O,

Office National de Cinema Mauritanian,

R.T.A.,

Societe Interafricaine de Production Cinemagraphique,

Yanek Films

Actors:

Le parlementaire

La 'Mort'

L'abbé

L'assistante sociale

Monnerbourg

Crews:

Director

Choreographer

Sound

Writer

Director of Photography