Movie
West Indies (1979)
West Indies ou les Nègres marrons de la liberté
Budget
$1.4M
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.
Where to watch
Region US
Criterion Channel
flatrate
Cast
20 people
E
Elliot Roy
as L'homme
C
Cyril Aventurin
as Le père de famille
G
Gérard Bloncourt
as Monsieur De la Pierre
E
Elsie Haas
as L'infirmière
B
Blanche Lolia
as Mireille
T
Ti-Emile
J
Josy Mass
as La mère de famille