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Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

January 1, 2015
102 minutes
William Cally
Documentary History Drama

Overview

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...

Movie Details

Release Date

January 1, 2015

Runtime

102 minutes

Director

William Cally

Production Companies

Kapali Studios France Télévisions Distribution Région Réunion PROCIREP Ministère des Outre-Mer

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