West Indies

Original title: West Indies ou les Nègres marrons de la liberté
Duration: 116 min
Release date: 1979-01-02
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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.

Music History Drama

West Indies ou les Nègres marrons de la liberté

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