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Guiana 1838 The Arrival
Cast Thomas Garvey, Kumar Gaurav, Kiran Pande, Henrey Rodney, Aarti
Bathija
Director Rohit Jagessar
GenreDrama
Year 2007
There is a sense of urgency in this film as it follows world changing events
in four continents culminating in the brutal sugar cane plantations of the
Caribbean.
Throughout the British Empire it was thought that slavery was abolished in 1833
but the British plantation owners wouldn't have it.
Guiana 1838, The Arrival is a powerful docu-drama that explores the unknown
world of indentureship and slavery in the Briitish Colonies of the West Indies.
It reveals the trials and tribulation of both the resilent African slaves and
the unsuspecting Indians from Calcutta who were sold on the golden dreams of "El
Dorado" only to find themselves on a slave ship to hard labor in an unforgiving
land.
Each faced prelis at the hands of British plantation owners who positioned these
two exploited peoples against each other.
The character of Laxman defies centuries of colonial exploitation and forces the
hand of the British Empire to ultimately enforce the abolition of slavery once
and for all.
   
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