Film
Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery
2015Directed by William Cally
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
About Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery
- Documentary
- History
- Drama
Synopsis
The life of Mrs. Desbassayns is exceptional in more than one way in the history of slavery on the island of Réunion. Married at the age of 15 to the forty-year-old Henri-Paulin Panon Desbassayns, this young Creole woman named Hombeline Gonneau immediately embarked on an extraordinary journey. She found herself, in fact, at the head of the most powerful landowning family...
- Director
- William Cally
- Writers
- William Cally
- Sudel Fuma
- Original title
- Madame Desbassayns: Mythe et réalité d'une icône de l'esclavage
