The survivors of the crossing

"It is 1961 and independence is in the air in Barbados. But on a rural sugar estate, the workers wonder whether slavery has ever ended. Feeling abandoned by the politicians in Bridgetown, Rufus, a canecutter, decides that they must struggle for a better life, even if they have to stand alone. Confronted by the old "White alliance" of land-owners, the official church and the magistracy, and the two-faced attitudes of the village shopkeeper and schoolteacher, Rufus is fatally undermined by his own naivety, ignorance and misogyny. The latter cuts him off from the intelligence and support of his partner, Stella, and from Clementina, the preacher at the village church, who has leadership skills Rufus can only dream of."
"In 1961 Barbados a canecutter longing for a better life decides to take a stand against the colonial state but is undermined by his naivety, ignorance and misogyny."@en