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Submit your thoughts on THUNDER IN GUYANA.
We invite you to respond to the questions below or add your comments. Selected submissions will be posted on our Talkback page, so check back regularly and join the discussion.
- Filmmaker Suzanne Wasserman admits that making a documentary about a family member can be a difficult undertaking: “I really struggled with the difficulty of being an historian and a cousin.” What do you think might be the advantages and disadvantages of a filming a subject to whom you are related?
- In THUNDER IN GUYANA, Janet Jagan mentions that the 1948 Enmore Tragedy, in which British police killed five striking sugarcane workers, “fired the movement” towards Guyanese independence and the establishment of the People’s Progressive Party. Do you agree that outrage can motivate political action? Why or why not?
- Janet Jagan was not born and raised in Guyana, but has dedicated her life’s work to helping her adopted country—despite critics accusations that she was not “truly” Guyanese. Do you think that passion and commitment can transcend native origins? Why or why not?
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