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    West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty

    Movie

    1979     Musical drama    
    1h 50min
    Original titleWest Indies
    Original lang.French
    CountryFrance/Algeria/Mauritania
    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

    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

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