01 January 1978 Factual 70 mins
Documentary about repressive violence in colonial Guyana.
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Martin Carter as Poems of Resistance reader (voice)
Eusi Kwayana as Herself
Cheddi Jagan as Himself
Guyana 01 January 1978
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