Guiana 1838 trailer released
Stabroek News
July 4, 2004
The first of five trailers for the film GUIANA 1838 has been released on the internet.
A press release from the production company said the trailer can be viewed online at http://parkavenuepost.com/download/Guiana/ .
The release said the website crashed a number of times after the announcement of the trailer's availability was made, because of the unusually high traffic and additional bandwidth has since been added.
GUIANA 1838 tells the story of the people who once lived and worked in former British colonies in the Caribbean. It covers the abolition of slavery and the arrival of Indians in Guyana, the release said.
The film stars Indian actors Kumar Gaurav as Laxman and Aarti Bathija as Urmila; British actors Thomas Garvey and Rufus Graham as driver and overseer of the Gladstone plantations of Vreed-en-Hoop and Vreed-en-Stein; and local actor Henry Rodney as Cabi a Maroon, who returns from the jungle after abolition.
Rohit Jagessar, an overseas-based Guyanese wrote, produced and directed GUIANA 1838. It is scheduled to be released in August.