巴比龙是亨利·查理尔的绰号，绰号得名于他胸前蝴蝶形的纹身。1930年，亨利·查理尔被控杀害一名皮条客而被捕入狱，他同时还被指控犯有诈骗罪等多项罪名。亨利·查理尔被流放到圭亚那一个名为“魔鬼岛”的苦役营终身服刑。这个岛四面环水，水里时常可以见到游弋的大鲨鱼。在这个荒莽地带，四处都流行着疾病，没日没夜的劳作致使90%的苦役活不到刑期结束便得暴病死去。 亨利·查理尔始终认为自己是冤枉的，为了洗刷自己的罪名，从他踏上“魔鬼岛”的第一天，他就开始策划逃跑，但是非常不幸，他第一次出逃没能成功，被抓获的亨利·查理尔被单独囚禁在一个潮湿、窄小的小号里。孤独、终日不见阳光、寄生虫的侵扰几乎让亨利·查理尔神经错乱。1440天后，亨利·查理尔才被放出来，这一切促使亨利·查理尔更加坚定了出逃的决心。 一次又一次地逃狱，也一次又一次被捉回。经过十多年，他头发已白，但仍孤注一掷地抱着一袋椰壳跳下大海逃生……
德国导演沃纳•赫尔措格（Werner Herzog）即使不是唯一，但也可以列入世界上最富冒险精神导演行列了。他的影片往往充满了刺激和挑战，或在热带雨林和另一个疯子克劳斯•金斯基打造陆上行舟的奇景，或与各种危险动物近距离接触，为此付出生命也在所不惜。
2004年的《白钻石》中，赫尔措格引领观众简要回顾飞机和氢气球的发展史。接着便带出本片另一个主角——研究氢气球的格雷姆•多灵顿博士（Graham Dorrington 饰），一个14岁时被火箭炸掉两根手指、同样富有冒险精神的男人。他们将乘坐多灵顿发明的氢气飞船圭亚那内陆的顶端丛林，以人类的柔弱之躯向自然发出挑战与膜拜……
The abolition of slavery in the British Caribbean in 1834 prompts Gillanders, Arbuthnot & Company in Calcutta, a part of the East India Company, to recruit Coolies from India to fill the resulting labor void. The company hires Sinha, a fierce small-timer to sell dreams of El Dorado to the unsuspecting, impoverished Coolies who are signed to five-year contracts as indentured servants. Upon the Coolies' arrival in British Guiana in 1838, the British planters promptly enslave them to ensure that the growth of sugar in the British West Indies will continue uninterrupted. John Scoble of the British and Foreign Anti Slavery Society arrives on the colony a year later to discover a new form of slavery; this time on the backs of Indians.
Documentary about repressive violence in colonial Guyana.
Guyanese painter Aubrey Williams (1926-1990) returns to his homeland on a “journey to the source of his inspiration” in this vivid Arts Council documentary, filmed towards the end of his life. The title comes from the indigenous Arawak word ‘timehri’ - the mark of the hand of man - which Williams equates to art itself. Timehri was also then the name of the international airport at Georgetown, Guyana's capital, where Williams stops off to restore an earlier mural. The film offers a rare insight into life beyond Georgetown, what Williams calls “the real Guyana.” Before moving to England in 1952 he had been sent to work on a sugar plantation in the jungle; this is his first chance to revisit the region and the Warao Indians - formative influences on his work - in four decades. Challenging the ill-treatment of indigenous Guyanese, Williams explored the potential of art to change attitudes. By venturing beyond his British studio, this film puts his work into vibrant context.
Rare footage shot inside the People's Temple gives an insider's look at the tragic Jonestown Massacre that occurred in Guyana in 1978. Interviews with survivors attempt to shed light on how and why 900 Unitedstatians would follow one man to their deaths.
圭亚那丛林的大部分地区是如此偏远，甚至在今天它还未被开发。为了发现新物种并帮助圭亚那保护其环境，一支由博物学家、电影制作人和登山者组成的国际团队冒险进入这片未开垦的土地。