GIANTS

 

A POLITICAL-HISTORICAL DRAMA

SCREENPLAY SCENE – GUYANA, OCTOBER 2026

FADE IN:

EXT. GEORGETOWN, GUYANA – DAY

The tropical sun hangs over Georgetown.

The streets are alive with activity. Minibuses weave through traffic. Vendors call out their prices. Pedestrians hurry along Regent Street.

A newspaper vendor stands at a busy intersection, holding up the day's headlines.

NEWSPAPER VENDOR
(reading aloud)
Former PNC Leader Robert Corbin dies at seventy-eight!

The camera moves across Georgetown.

Political posters, faded campaign photographs and party symbols adorn walls and buildings.

Two names have dominated Guyana's political landscape for generations:

THE PEOPLE'S PROGRESSIVE PARTY.

THE PEOPLE'S NATIONAL CONGRESS.

NARRATOR (V.O.)
Since the middle of the twentieth century, Guyana's political destiny has been profoundly influenced by two major political movements.

The People's Progressive Party and the People's National Congress.

Their rivalry shaped elections, governments, political loyalties and, for generations, the relationship between Guyanese communities.

But the passage of time has brought new generations, new expectations and new political movements.

The question remains: Can a country move beyond the political divisions of its past?

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. ARTHUR CHUNG CONFERENCE CENTRE, GEORGETOWN – EVENING

October 14, 2026.

Vehicles arrive at the conference centre.

Political leaders, former parliamentarians, party officials, relatives and members of the public make their way inside.

A memorial gathering is being held in honour of ROBERT HERMAN ORLANDO CORBIN, former leader of the People's National Congress Reform.

He died on October 4, 2026, at the age of seventy-eight.

His death has brought together political figures from opposing sides of Guyana's political divide.

INT. ARTHUR CHUNG CONFERENCE CENTRE – EVENING

A photograph of Robert Corbin stands prominently before the gathering.

Floral arrangements surround it.

Family members sit in the front row.

Across the hall, politicians from different parties exchange greetings. Some shake hands warmly. Others acknowledge one another with restrained nods.

There is an unusual atmosphere.

Political rivals are gathered under one roof, united by the passing of a man who had spent much of his life in politics.

A speaker concludes a tribute.

The audience applauds.

DR. BHARRAT JAGDEO, General Secretary of the People's Progressive Party and Guyana's Vice-President, approaches the microphone.

He pauses.

Looks across the gathering.

JAGDEO
Robert Corbin was a man who defended his party fiercely. He was a strong advocate for the People's National Congress.

But he also understood that the future of Guyana required something more than political confrontation.

He was prepared to engage. He was prepared to take risks.

And sometimes, taking those risks came at a personal political cost.

The audience listens.

JAGDEO
For many years, our politics has been shaped by mistrust, historical grievances and the fear of stepping outside the expectations of our respective parties.

We became prisoners of our own political thinking.

A pause.

JAGDEO
But the younger generation is different.

They do not necessarily see politics in the same way their parents and grandparents did.

They may support one party on one issue and another party on a different issue.

They want answers. They want opportunities. They want a future.

He looks towards the representatives of the PNC.

JAGDEO
Unless our parties, these two parties, change today, the era of binary thinking of old is long gone.

We will face extinction.

A silence settles over the hall.

Some members of the audience exchange glances.

Others remain motionless.

Jagdeo steps back from the microphone.

The applause is measured.

CUT TO:

INT. CONFERENCE CENTRE – AUDIENCE – CONTINUOUS

A YOUNG GUYANESE MAN, perhaps twenty-five, leans towards an older man seated beside him.

YOUNG MAN
What does he mean by extinction?

OLDER MAN
He means the old politics cannot continue forever.

YOUNG MAN
But it has continued all my life.

OLDER MAN
And before you were born.

The young man looks towards the stage.

YOUNG MAN
Then perhaps it is time somebody asked what comes after it.

The older man says nothing.

CUT TO:

INT. CONFERENCE CENTRE – FRONT ROW – CONTINUOUS

A PNC REPRESENTATIVE sits quietly, reflecting on Jagdeo's remarks.

Beside him, another party official leans closer.

PNC OFFICIAL
Do you believe they are serious about changing?

PARTY REPRESENTATIVE
That is the question.

He looks towards the photograph of Robert Corbin.

PARTY REPRESENTATIVE
Corbin understood that political parties could disagree without treating each other as enemies.

CUT TO:

EXT. ARTHUR CHUNG CONFERENCE CENTRE – NIGHT

The gathering continues.

Outside, small groups of people stand beneath the lights, discussing the speech.

Some agree with Jagdeo. Others question his intentions.

A young woman speaks to a friend.

YOUNG WOMAN
We were born into this political divide. We inherited it. But must we pass it on to our children?

Her friend looks towards the illuminated conference centre.

FRIEND
Perhaps the question is not whether the parties will change.

Perhaps it is whether the people will demand something different.

The two women walk towards the parking area.

NARRATOR (V.O.)
Robert Corbin's passing brought together people who had spent decades on opposite sides of Guyana's political landscape.

His memorial gathering became more than an occasion to remember a political leader.

It became a moment to confront an uncomfortable question.

For how long can a nation remain divided between two political traditions?

And what happens when a new generation refuses to inherit the political loyalties of the old?

CUT TO BLACK.

SUPER:

GUYANA – A NATION AT THE CROSSROADS.

TO BE CONTINUED.