History of Guyana
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- DirectorRupert RoonaraineDocumentary about repressive violence in colonial Guyana.
- DirectorAlex ArjoonStarsIrfaan AliRaymond SmallShakira YipsamThe Warrau communities and local farmers confront problems on the precipice of development, in one of Guyana's remaining mangrove forests. Torn between traditional crab-catching, environment, and state-sponsored large-scale agriculture.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsPowers BootheNed BeattyIrene CaraThe real-life story of the Peoples Temple cult led by Reverend Jim Jones and the events involving its move to Guyana and its eventual mass suicide.
- DirectorSuzanne WassermanStarsJanet JaganThunder in Guyana is a documentary film about my cousin, Janet Rosenberg Jagan, who was elected President of Guyana, South America on December 15th, 1997. She is the first American-born woman to lead a nation. In Guyana, she is considered the mother of the nation. My film tells the story of this extraordinary woman and her adopted homeland by interweaving the threads of my family's history, Janet's incredible life story and the complex history of the little understood country of Guyana. This is accomplished through my unique perspective as an historian and as a relative.
- DirectorJeremy BansterStarsStany CoppetAurélien RecoingElli Medeiros1949, a French explorer goes on a solitary expedition in the Amazon forest. He leaves behind him a diary that reflects the meaning of Pure Life and his encounters but leaves the mystery of his own disappearance unsolved.
- DirectorMarc BarratStarsTony HarrissonJulien CourbeySara MartinsRod, a young Parisian of Guyanese origin, learns of his brother's disappearance. He then decides to return to Guyana, which he left 18 years ago, accompanied by Gonz, a childhood friend.
- DirectorRené Cardona Jr.StarsStuart WhitmanGene BarryJohn IrelandReverend Jim Jones, the priest of an independent church in the South American country Guyana, orders his followers to commit suicide. But not all of them follow him blindly and begin to think on their own.