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West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty

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West Indies
Directed byMed Hondo
Screenplay byMed Hondo
Based onLes Negriers by Daniel Boukman [fr]
Starring
CinematographyFrançois Catonné
Edited byYoucef Tobni
Music byGeorges Rabol
Franck Valmont
Release dates
  • 1979 (1979) (Mauritania)
  • 18 March 1985 (1985-03-18) (U.S.)
Running time
110 minutes
CountriesFrance
Algeria
Mauritania
LanguageFrench
BudgetUS$ 1.35 million

West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty (French: West Indies ou les Nègres marrons de la liberté) is a 1979 Algerian-Mauritanian French-language musical drama film directed by Med Hondo.[1] The plot of the film was adapted from a play titled Les Negriers (The Slavers), 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 one of the biggest budgeted African films ever to be made.[2] Against the backdrop of the colonial West Indies, which was under French imperialism,[3][4] the drama was set on a slave ship.[5] The film had its theatrical release in 1979.

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References

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  1. ^ "West Indies". www.locarnofestival.ch. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  2. ^ "What Nigeria's Nollywood Can Learn from Med Hondo's "West Indies"". MUBI. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  3. ^ "Med Hondo is the African Auteur You Need to See". TIFF. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  4. ^ Maslin, Janet (1985-03-08). "'West Indies,' Musical History". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  5. ^ "Med Hondo's West Indies Rebellion (1979)". Black History Wals. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
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