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.
CountryAlgeria / France / Mauritania
Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
Production year1979
World premiereJanuary 2, 1979
Release date
January 2, 1979
Mauritania
Also known as
West Indies, West Indies ou les nègres marrons de la liberté, West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty