West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty

West Indies ou les Nègres marrons de la liberté

1979·116'

Med Hondo

DramaMusicHistory

French

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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.

Cast

Robert Liensol Le parlementaire Roland Bertin La 'Mort' Philippe Clévenot L'abbé Hélène Vincent L'assistante sociale Théo Légitimus Monnerbourg

Georges Hilarion Monsieur Belleville

Elliot Roy L'homme

Cyril Aventurin Le père de famille Fernand Berset L'hôtelier

Gérard Bloncourt Monsieur De la Pierre

Toto Bissainthe Soeur Marie Joseph de Cluny Monique Couturier La Dame de souten