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West Indies (film)
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Wikipedia article
'West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty' is a 1979 Algerian-Mauritanian French-language drama film directed by Med Hondo. The plot of the film was adopted from a novel titled "Les Negriers" (The Slavers) which was 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 as one of the biggest budgeted African films ever to be made. The film was set in the backdrop of colonial West Indies which was under the French imperialism. The film was set on a French owned slave ship and had its theatrical release in 1979.
Cast
* Cyril Aventurin
* Fernand Berset
* Roland Bertin
* Grard Bloncourt
* Toto Bissainthe
* Hlne Vincent
References
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