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West Indies

  • January 1979
  • 1hr

    56mins

  • Music
  • History
  • Directed by

    Med Hondo,

    Starring

    Robert Liensol,

    Roland Bertin,

    Philippe Clévenot,

    Hélène Vincent

    ...

    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.