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Title:
Les mains noires [DVD video] : procés de l'esclave incendiaire = Black hands : trial of the arsonist slave
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publication Date:
2010
Publication Information:
Laval, Quebec : Bel Ange Moon Productions, c2010.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Abstract:
This film investigates slavery in Canada through the story of Marie-Josèphe Angélique, a Black slave accused of burning Montreal in 1734. After an epic trial, she was tortured and sentenced to death. But was she really guilty of this crime or was she the victim of a bigger conspiracy? Mixes interviews with historians and theatrical re-enactments to explore a little-known piece of Canadian history.
General Note:
This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
Title from container.
Originally released in 2010.
Special features: featurette with historian Dorohy Williams, Hidden history of Black Canadians (11 min., English version) ; interviews: historian Paul Fehmiu Brown (15 min., French version), director Peter Batakliev (5 min., French version), playwright Pascal Brullemans (18 min., French version).
Performers:
Historians: Denyse Beaugrand-Champagne, Paul Fehmiu Brown ; tour guide: David Bureau ; starring: Tetchena Bellange, Franck Sylvestre, Sonia Gadbois, Guillaume Cyr, Daniel Desputeau, Sounia Balha, Nicholas Germain-Marchand.
Technical Details:
DVD-R, NTSC, stereo.
Geographic Term:
Language:
French
Additional Language:
In French or English versions; English version contains English narrative with some French dialog with English subtitles.
Added Corporate Author:
Added Title:
Hidden history of Black Canadians.
