
BelizeInternationalFilmFestival<br/> Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)<br/> 2005 Won ConchshellAward BestFilm<br/> TheabolitionofslaveryintheBritishCaribbeanin1834promptsGillanders,Arbuthnot&CompanyinCalcutta,apartoftheEastIndiaCompany,torecruitCooliesfromIndiatofilltheresultinglaborvoid.ThecompanyhiresSinha,afiercesmall-timertoselldreamsofElDoradototheunsuspecting,impoverishedCoolieswhoaresignedtofive-yearcontractsasindenturedservants.UpontheCoolies'arrivalinBritishGuianain1838,theBritishplanterspromptlyenslavethemtoensurethatthegrowthofsugarintheBritishWestIndieswillcontinueuninterrupted.JohnScobleoftheBritishandForeignAntiSlaverySocietyarrivesonthecolonyayearlatertodiscoveranewformofslavery;thistimeonthebacksofIndians.