West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty

West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty (West Indies ou les Nègres marrons de la liberté) is a 1979 Algerian-Mauritanian French-language musical drama film directed by Med Hondo. 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. 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

 * as The Parliamentarian
 * Roland Bertin as Death
 * Hélène Vincent as The Social Worker
 * 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