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Directed by | Med Hondo |
Screenplay by | Daniel Boukman |
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Music by | Georges Rabol |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Countries | Algeria Mauritania France |
Language | French |
Budget | US$ 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 drama film directed by Med Hondo. [1] The plot of the film was adapted from a novel 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$1.35 million, making it as one of the biggest budgeted African films ever to be made. [2] Against the backdrop of the colonial West Indies, which was under French imperialism, [3] [4] the drama was set on a slave ship. [5] The film had its theatrical release in 1979.
West Indies | |
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Directed by | Med Hondo |
Screenplay by | Daniel Boukman |
Starring |
|
Music by | Georges Rabol |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 110 minutes |
Countries | Algeria Mauritania France |
Language | French |
Budget | US$ 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 drama film directed by Med Hondo. [1] The plot of the film was adapted from a novel 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 as 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.