Words of Negroes 2021 Directed by Sylvaine Dampierre Paroles de nègres

On Guadeloupe, an archipelago in the Caribbean, the past speaks up. Sylvaine Dampierre has the workers of an old sugar refinery read passages from the transcripts of an 1842 court case, while the machines roar and groan in the background. The testimonies of the slaves from back then in the rusty halls of today give rise to a polyphony both explosive and poetic in nature.

Country France
Production Countries France , Guadaloupe
Language French
Spoken Language French
Gnere Documentary
Production Companies Micro Climat , Athénaïse
Release Date 26 October 2021
78 mins