Here is the off
icial trailer for Philippe Niang’s “Toussaint L’Ouverture” film which stars Jimmy Jean-Louis, Aïssa Maïga and Sonia Rolland.
The movie is a historical action epic based on the life of Toussaint Louverture, who led a successful slave rebellion in the 18th century that sparked the Haitian Revolution.
Actor Jimmy Jean-Louis stars as the title character in what will be a 2-part TV-movie, and he’s joined by French actresses Aïssa Maïga (Paris, Je T’Aime, Bamako) as Toussaint’s wife, Suzanne, and Sonia Rolland (Moloch Tropical, Midnight In Paris) as Marie-Eugéni
e Sonthonax, wife of abolitionis
t L.F. Sonthonax. Expected to air on the French network sometime in 2012, no specific date has been given yet, nor whether we can expect the film to travel. – via indiewire
