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From the 16th century onward, Africa was drained by the slave trade: between fifteen and twenty million men and women where deported to America. The port of Nantes on the West Coast of France was one of the main beneficiaries of this. Black Gold retraces the history of the slave trade through the memoirs of Joseph Mosneron, a slave ship owner. Historians from Africa, the West Indies and France investigate and evoke the past, exchanging their particular visions of the different stages in the three-way commerce, from Nantes to Goree, from Elmina to Abomey, from Ouidah to Anse Ceron on the Island of Martinique. How was the trade conducted? What were the demographic, economic and cultural consequences? These three essential questions keep coming back. More than a mere evocation of the past, the film is duty to History.

France - 2001 - 53 mn - Betacam SP - Colour

Réalisation Patrice Roturier Scénario Alain Croix, Didier Guyvarc'h, Patrice Roturier Image Gwenn Liguet Son Christian Allio Montage Frédéric Gourvest Musique Luc Larmor

Production Vivement Lundi !, 11, rue Denis Papin, 35000 Rennes, France Tél : +33 (0)2 9965 0074 Fax : +33 (0)2 9965 0374 E-mail : vivement-lundi@wanadoo.fr Co-Production France 3 Ouest, Université Rennes II - Haute Bretagne

Ventes Vivement Lundi !, 11, rue Denis Papin, 35000 Rennes, France Tél : +33 (0)2 9965 0074 Fax : +33 (0)2 9965 0374 E-mail : vivement-lundi@wanadoo.fr