Guiana 1838

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Drama

Overview

The 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.

Keywords

19th century
guyana

Details

Status: Released
Release date: September 24, 2004
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America, Guyana
Cast: Kern Wasan,Amit Patel,Neville Williams,Kenn Woodard,Thomas Garvey,Kiran Pande,Rufus Graham,Henry Rodney,Aasheekaa Bathija,Shalini Singhand 3 more
Director: Rohit Jagessar
Writer: Rohit Jagessar
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0428609