The year is 1835, and the San Cristobal Island in the British West Indies is ruled by the ruthless Lady Susan Walker. She forces local men to join her sugar cane plantation, where they are forced to work alongside black slaves. Lady Susan, dressed in black and never without her whip, the black snake, has lost her latest husband and is now a "black widow".
Black Snake
A 19th-century Caribbean island is the setting for a powerful story of a slave uprising, exploring the struggles for freedom, resistance, and the indomitable human spirit.
