West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty(West Indies ou les Nègres marrons de la liberté)
✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
France, Algeria, Mauritania · 1979
1h 53m
Director Med Hondo
Starring Robert Liensol, Roland Bertin, Philippe Clévenot, Hélène Vincent
Genre Drama
Add to Watchlist
Please login to add films to your watchlist.
Centuries of enslavement and colonialism in the West Indies up to the 20th century unfolds over the course of this sprawling epic musical, rife with satire and sharp insights into the history of European imperialism in the West Indies, set entirely on a single massive slave ship.
What are people saying?
Users who liked this film also liked
Main Hoon Na
(मैं हूँ ना)
An army major goes undercover as a college student to protect his general's daughter and find his estranged half-brother.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 2004
- Director Farah Khan
- Cast Shah Rukh Khan, Amrita Rao, Zayed Khan, Sushmita Sen, Sunil Shetty, Naseeruddin Shah
- Genre Bollywood, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
L'Eclisse
(L'eclisse)
… the ache and ecstasy of love…
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France • 1962
- Director Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cast Alain Delon, Monica Vitti, Francisco Rabal, Lilla Brignone, Rossana Rory, Louis Seigner
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Wake Up Sid
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- India • 2009
- Director Ayan Mukerji
- Cast Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rahul Khanna, Anupam Kher, Supriya Pathak, Namit Das
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV
All Quiet on the Western Front
(Im Westen nichts Neues)
A German film adaptation of the epic 1929 anti-war novel by Erich Maria Remarque.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom • 2022
- Director Edward Berger
- Cast Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanović, Devid Striesow, Daniel Brühl
- Genre Action, Drama, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Xala
A corrupt Senegalese official marries a third wife only to find himself cursed with impotence, searching desperately for a cure.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Senegal • 1975
- Director Ousmane Sembène
- Cast Thierno Leye, Myriam Niang, Seune Samb, Fatim Diagne, Younouss Seye
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Variety
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, West Germany, United Kingdom • 1985
- Director Bette Gordon
- Cast Sandy McLeod, Richard M. Davidson, Luis Guzmán, Will Patton, Nan Goldin, Mark Boone Junior
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Metrograph, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Candyman
Say it if you dare.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, United States • 2021
- Director Nia DaCosta
- Cast Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Colman Domingo, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Kyle Kaminsky, Vanessa Williams
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Freevee
Judas and the Black Messiah
The story of Fred Hampton, Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, and his betrayal by FBI informant Bill O'Neal.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States • 2021
- Director Shaka King
- Cast Lakeith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders, Algee Smith
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Plex