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West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty is a 1979 Algerian-Mauritanian French-language drama film directed by Med Hondo.[1] The plot of the film was adopted from a novel titled "Les Negriers" (The Slavers) which was 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] The film was set in the backdrop of colonial West Indies which was under the French imperialism.[3][4] The film was set on a French owned slave ship and had its theatrical release in 1979.

West Indies
Directed by	Med Hondo
Screenplay by	Daniel Boukman
Starring	Cyril Aventurin Fernand Berset Roland Bertin Gérard Bloncourt
Music by	Georges Rabol
Release dates	1979 (1979) (Mauritania) 18 March 1985 (1985-03-18) (U.S.)
Running time	110 minutes
Countries	Algeria Mauritania France
Language	French
Budget	US$ 1.35 million

Cast

• Cyril Aventurin
• Fernand Berset
• Roland Bertin
• Gérard Bloncourt
• Toto Bissainthe
• Hélène Vincent

References

External links

• West Indies at IMDb

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