Synopsis

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 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 workers who are signed to five-year contracts as indentured servants. Upon their 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.

Details

Feature (120mins) Drama, Historical | Guyana, United States of America

Language:

English

Production

Producers:

Hemant Shah

Directors:

Rohit Jagessar

Cast:

Aarti Bathija, Thomas Garvey, Kumar Gaurav, Rufus Graham