Green Days by the River

Directed by: Michael Mooleedhar Release Date: 2018 (Educational) Year of Production: 2017 Running Time: 102 min Language: Trinidadian English Creole with English subtitles Accessibility: Includes English closed captions Subjects: Caribbean Studies, Caribbean Literature, Post-Colonial Literature,      A powerful new coming-of-age film based on the famed 1967 novel by Trinidadian Author Michael Anthony...   Synopsis   A Caribbean coming-of-age classic in the tradition of SUGAR CANE ALLEY, Michael Mooleedhar's first feature is adapted from Michael Anthony's acclaimed 1967 novel. Set in 1952, the story centers on the 15-year-old boy Shellie (Tafari), whose poor but closely knit family has recently relocated to a village in the Mayaro region of Trinidad. With his father seriously ill, Shellie acquires a surrogate father-figure in the wealthy plantation-owner Mr. Gidharee (Lawkaran), and he finds himself torn between Gidharee's seductive half-Indian daughter Rosalie (K