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West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Foreign films.
- Motion pictures.
- Drama.
- Musicals.
- Motion pictures--Africa.
- Historical films.
- Satire.
- France.
- Genre:
- Feature films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (116 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Place of Publication:
- The Criterion Collection 1979
- [San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2025
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- digital
- video file MPEG-4 Flash
- Summary:
- Mauritanian French director Med Hondo's staggering WEST INDIES: THE FUGITIVE SLAVES OF LIBERTY is a sui generis amalgam of historical epic, Broadway revue, Brechtian theater, and joyous agitprop. Using an enormous mock slave ship as the film's only soundstage, Hondo mounts intricately choreographed reenactments and dance numbers across his multipurpose set to investigate more than three centuries of imperialist oppression
- Participant:
- Hélène Vincent, Philippe Clévenot, Robert Liensol, Roland Bertin
- Notes:
- Title from title frames
- Film
- In Process Record
- Originally produced by The Criterion Collection in 1979
- Publisher Number:
- 16521707 Kanopy
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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