With "West Indies" Med Hondo shows his artistry and unequivocal commitment to the plight of the disadvantaged and disenfranchised minority of this planet - The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty. He wanted to free the very concept of musical comedy from its American trade mark, he said. "I wanted to show that each people on earth has its own musical comedy, its own musical tragedy and its own thought shaped through its own history." And he sure did, with a grandios and enslaving musical, tracing the history of the West Indies through several centuries of French oppression. Though, sadly, the director never truly feels to grasp the film's full potential, thus never bringing forth a resolute cry of, lets call it pain of lack of better words.
Review of West Indies
