West Indies

Genre: Music | History | DramaRuntime: 1h 56mRelease: 2nd January, 1979

Directors: Med HondoLanguages: FrenchCountry: Algeria, France, Mauritania

Plot: 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.

Company: Les Films Soleil O, Office National de Cinema Mauritanian, R.T.A., Societe Interafricaine de Production Cinemagraphique, Yanek Films