Black Hands: Trial of the Arsonist Slave

Name: Black Hands: Trial of the Arsonist Slave
Director: Ayana O'Shun
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Released: 2010-08-31
Duration: 52 min
Cast: Ayana O'Shun, Franck Sylvestre, Nicolas Germain-Marchand, Sonia Gadbois, Sounia Balha

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Black Hands: Trial of the Arsonist Slave

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Bel Ange Moon Productions

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2010-08-31

Black Hands: Trial of the Arsonist Slave

Investigating slavery in Canada through the story of Marie-Josèphe Angélique, a Black slave accused of burning Montreal in 1734. After an epic trial, this untameable slave is tortured and sentenced to death. But was she really guilty of this crime or was she the victim of a bigger conspiracy? Why this voluntary amnesia about this unknown page of Canadian history?

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