West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty (French: West Indies ou les Nègres marrons de la liberté) is a 1979 French-language musical drama film directed by Med Hondo. The plot of the film was adapted from a play titled Les négriers (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 one of the biggest budgeted African films ever to be made. Against the backdrop of the colonial West Indies, which was under French imperialism, the drama was set on a slave ship. The film had its theatrical release in 1979.
Cast
Robert Liensol as The Parliamentarian
Roland Bertin as Death
Hélène Vincent as The Social Worker
Philippe Clévenot as The Abbot
Cyril Aventurin as The Father
Fernand Berset as The Hotel Manager
Gérard Bloncourt as Monsieur De la Pierre
Toto Bissainthe as Sister Marie Joseph de Cluny