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Green Days By The River is a 2017 Trinidadian drama film, directed by Michael Mooleedhar. It is based on the novel of the same name by the Trinidadian author Michael Anthony. Set in 1952 Trinidad, the film follows Shell an ambitious Afro-Trinidadian village boy struggling with poverty and his sick father finds solace in a wealthy Indo-Trinidadian farmer, Mr. Gidharee, and his captivating daughter, until he falls for a city girl, and discovers the scheming entrapment of his solace that would shatter his love life and manhood. The film opened at the 2017 Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival.