LAST Friday graduating students of the Centre for Communication Studies at the University of Guyana (UG) hosted a presentation entitled “Great Wonders of Guyana” featuring the gigantic sloth which once existed in Guyana at the Theatre Guild, Kingston, Georgetown.
The first of the three-part series shown at the Theatre Guild, Kingston, was titled ‘O’ is for Olga, in tribute to the first female broadcaster in both Guyana and the Caribbean, Dame Olga Lopes Seale.
Seale is also the founder of Radio’s Needy Children’s fund.
The mini documentary chronicled the life of the 92-year- old woman who made history in the broadcasting circle. Lopes-Seale resides in Barbados where she continues to host radio programmes and engage in charitable work.
The second documentary ‘MEGA-Sloth- Guyana’s giant prehistoric sloth’ traced the story from the discovery of the bones of the huge sloth in 1996 to when it was processed and exhibited in the National Museum earlier this year. The huge bones belonging to the animal were discovered by pork knockers in Oku, Region Seven.
‘I Shantonian’ the third documentary reflected on the life and work on Bill Rogers who is said to be the originator of Shanto music which is said to be authentically Guyanese.
Rogers was the first person in the Caribbean to make a phonograph record.
The students who created the documentaries will be judged by a panel for their work and presentation of the documentaries.
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Donald Ramoutar and Adviser to the President Indra Chandarpal attended the show. (GINA)