WEST INDIES OU LES NÈGRES MARRONS DE LA LIBERTÉ

Credits

Name: WEST INDIES OU LES NÈGRES MARRONS DE LA LIBERTÉ

Country: Frankreich/Algerien/Mauretanien

Year of publication: 1979

Format: DCP

Language : frz. OmeU

Duration: 115 Minuten

Series: 19. Afrikafilmfestival

Direction: Hondo, Med

Abstract

In an abandoned Citroën factory, in the middle of winter, a slave ship traverses the centuries of colonisation.Adapted from a play, WEST INDIES OU LES NÈGRES MARRONS DE LA LIBERTÉ is a political musical depicting the history of the people of the West Indies from the 17th century to the end of the 1970s, when people started making the crossing in the other direction towards the promised land: France.Filmmaker Med Hondo made a pamphlet against colonisation.Censored by France at the time, his work is as relevant as ever 43 years later.