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- DirectorRohit JagessarStarsKumar GauravAasheekaa BathijaHenry RodneyThe abolition of slavery in the British Caribbean in 1834 prompts Gillanders, Arbuthnot & Company in Calcutta, a part of the East India Company, to recruit Coolies from India to fill the resulting labor void. The company hires Sinha, a fierce small-timer to sell dreams of El Dorado to the unsuspecting, impoverished Coolies who are signed to five-year contracts as indentured servants. Upon the Coolies' arrival in British Guiana in 1838, the British planters promptly enslave them to ensure that the growth of sugar in the British West Indies will continue uninterrupted. John Scoble of the British and Foreign Anti Slavery Society arrives on the colony a year later to discover a new form of slavery; this time on the backs of Indians.
- DirectorMahadeo ShivrajStarsNadeer BacchusCompton DasMark Luke EdwardsBrown Sugar Too Bitter For Me is a poignant tale of love, devotion and social injustice on a sugar plantation in Guyana.
- DirectorMahadeo ShivrajStarsNadeer BacchusAnna BissesarPaul BudnahA story of Redemption......The Americanized Tony Dass, (Mahadeo Shivraj), finds himself in the doldrums. His wife has put him out of his marital home and he is being estranged from his son. While trying to come to grips with this new reality, he receives an intriguing call from an antique dealer in Guyana that prompts his return. After an absence of over twenty years, Tony undertakes this journey home to see if something in his past is responsible for the misery he faces in America. What Tony discovers about himself not only shocks him but reveals the human spirit at its finest. The "Forgotten Promise" is a tale woven by pathos, comedy, and humanity.
- DirectorEsaias LordStarsDevil ChippEsaias LordZay and Chipp travel into the bush of Guyana south America. They discover what it takes to survive in the bush while experiencing the dangers and joys that come along with it.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsWerner HerzogGraham DorringtonDieter PlageEngineers attempt daring journey above Guyanese rainforest canopy with airship prototype. Adventure fraught with risks, as previous expedition ended tragically. This is a unique story of exploring uncharted jungle from the air.
- DirectorDarrell WasykStarsMichael RileyMartha HenryTantoo CardinalMatthew, a white medical student in Canada, tries to discover himself by returning to his birthplace, Guyana, after his parents have died.
- DirectorSuzanne WassermanStarsJanet JaganThunder in Guyana is a documentary film about my cousin, Janet Rosenberg Jagan, who was elected President of Guyana, South America on December 15th, 1997. She is the first American-born woman to lead a nation. In Guyana, she is considered the mother of the nation. My film tells the story of this extraordinary woman and her adopted homeland by interweaving the threads of my family's history, Janet's incredible life story and the complex history of the little understood country of Guyana. This is accomplished through my unique perspective as an historian and as a relative.