First film in series ‘Growing up Caribbean’ to be shot among the Makushi

Michael Gilkes (second, left) and some of the crew at Annai

Film-maker Michael Gilkes promises to give viewers an insight into the lives of the Makushi people living in Surama Village in the Rupununi in an “exciting and interesting way” when he rolls out his new film titled ‘Maira and the Jaguar people.’

It is a story about children and the film is the first in a series of 14 films to be shot in different countries under the theme ‘Growing up Caribbean.’

“It is the first because we have the first peoples here and it is the only one that