Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery
0|2015|1h 42m| FR
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...
Genres: Documentary, History, Drama
Director: William Cally
Votes: 0
Production Companies: 
Kapali Studios
France Télévisions Distribution
Région Réunion
PROCIREP
Ministère des Outre-Mer
Angoa-Agicoa
CNC
COSIP
