Amanda Wilson
Overseas-based Guyanese documentary maker, Amanda Wilson, announces her latest project, Cuffy: Face Of A Rebellion – a 60-minute film celebrating the life and mission of a truly peerless Guyanese hero and the 250th anniversary of his 1763 Berbice revolt. The documentary, currently in production in Guyana for release in February 2013, draws on months of painstaking research in slavery archives in Guyana, Ghana, the Netherlands, the United States and Britain, and extensive interviews with leading academics, historians, politicians and journalists. Among the multitude of inspiring legends of slave rebellion in the Caribbean, Cuffy’s story towers above them all – a tale of daring, vision, inspiration and unrivalled tragedy. Wilson‘s innovative media company Green Mango Media will share this extraordinary history with audiences across the Caribbean, Europe and North America.
“At Green Mango Media, we believe it is time the Caribbean tells her own stories.
A scene from the new documentary
We must preserve our history in our own words for future generations and proudly share the achievements of our revolutionary icons with the rest of the world,” said Wilson, the director and producer of the project.