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    Poster of the movie West Indies [1979]
    1979     Musical drama    
    1h 50min
    PG

    Med Hondo's stunning widescreen musical takes place on a single set -- a giant slave ship that symbolizes the triangular relationship between Africa, Europe and the Caribbean -- as it explores the parallels between the Atlantic slave trade and the contemporary migration of Afro-Caribbean subjects to former colonial metropoles.

    Directed byMed Hondo
    Written byDaniel Boukman, Med Hondo
    CompanyMypheduh FilmsMypheduh FilmsMypheduh Films
    Original lang.French
    CountryFrance/Algeria/Mauritania

    Starring

    Cyril Aventurin
    Fernand Berset
    Roland Bertin
    Gérald Bloncourt
    Toto Bissainthe
    Philippe Clévenot
    Monique Couturier
    Jean-Paul Denizon
    Gabriel Glissant
    Elsie Haas
    Georges Hilarion
    Théo Légitimus
    Robert Liensol
    Blanche Lolia
    Maîthé Mansoura
    Josy Mass
    Véronique Mucret Rouveyrollis
    Elliot Roy
    Louison Roblin
    Mario Santini
    Tara Schaff
    Jean-Pierre Sentier
    Hélène Vincent
    André Weber
    Louis Xavier

    Photos

    Photo from the movie West Indies [1979]

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