Directed by Rupert Roonaraine • 1978 • Guyana
The Terror is British colonialism and Cold War imperialism. The Time is 1953. THE TERROR AND THE TIME tells the story of the Guyanese people’s fight for independence and self-determination, investigating the historical background of neocolonial conditions. The film also documents insidious forms of everyday economic and cultural repression: the impoverishment of working people, feudal labor conditions, and the government’s stranglehold on the press. Centered on nine of Martin Carter’s “Poems of Resistance,” it positions poetry as a vigorous part of the fight for independence.
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Women of Suriname
Directed by At van Praag • 1978 • Suriname, Netherlands
Through the stories of four women—Jetty, Sonja, Somai, and Sylvie—this incisive documentary explores the impact of Dutch colonialism and neocolonialism on their lives in Suriname, as well as in the Netherlands, where they face further discr...
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Grenada: The Future Coming Towards Us
Directed by Carmen Ashhurst, Samori Marksman, and John Douglas • 1983 • Grenada, United States
GRENADA: THE FUTURE COMING TOWARDS US examines the aims and accomplishments of the Caribbean New Jewel Movement and the reasons for the 1983 US military invasion of Grenada. The film puts these events ...
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Sweet Sugar Rage
Directed by Harclyde Walcott and Honor Ford-Smith • 1985 • Jamaica
The Sistren Collective, a popular Jamaican women’s theater troupe, uses performance and improvisation as consciousness-raising tools for both rural and urban audiences. Their performances speak directly to the daily experiences o...
