The Right and the Wrong

The Right and the Wrong
Directed byHarbance Kumar[1]
Screenplay byFreddy Kisoon[2]
Starring
Music by
  • Antonio Prospect[2]
  • Ved Pal[2]
Production
companies
  • De Luxe Films[3]
  • Anglo-Overseas Film Distributors[4]
Distributed byAnglo-Overseas Film Distributors[5]
Release dates
  • 1970 (1970) (Trinidad and Tobago)[6]
  • September 1971 (1971-09) (United Kingdom)[7]
Running time
103 minutes[5]
CountryTrinidad and Tobago
LanguageEnglish
BudgetUS$50,000[8]

The Right and the Wrong is a 1970 Trinidadian drama film[9] directed by Harbance Kumar, in which Trinidadian slaves revolt against their cruel white master. Along with The Caribbean Fox (also directed by Kumar), it was one of the first films natively produced not only in Trinidad and Tobago, but also the English-speaking West Indies. Despite mediocre reception, it was a hit in its native country and was screened in several other Caribbean nations.

  1. ^ a b c d e "The Right and the Wrong (1970)". British Film Institute (BFI). Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Keresztesi, Rita (11 November 2020). "5: Caribbean Black Power in cinema and fiction". Literary Black Power in the Caribbean: Fiction, Music and Film. Routledge. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-00-022162-6. Retrieved 14 May 2022 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b "pioneers of caribbean film". trinidad+tobago film festival. 12 April 2022. Archived from the original on 30 March 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Golly Moses! It's the Sparrow in drag". Kensington Post. 3 September 1971. p. 1. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "The Right and the Wrong (X)". British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). 15 July 1971. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  6. ^ Paddington & Warner 2009, p. 94, 98–99.
  7. ^ Warner, David Q. (1999). "Creativity, Spirituality, and Identity". In Okpewho, Isidore; Davies, Carole Boyce; Mazrui, Ali Al'Amin (eds.). The African Diaspora: African Origins and New World Identities. Indiana University Press. p. 478. ISBN 0-253-33425-X. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Paddington & Warner 2009, p. 99.
  9. ^ Paddington & Warner 2009, p. 98.