Nanny of the Maroons documentary for UN premiere
A documentary on Nanny of the Maroons will premiere at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York next week as part of the UN unearthing females in slavery.
“On Monday, 19 October, as part of its Remember Slavery Programme… [the UN] will host the world premiere screening of Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess,” stated the UN in a release on the matter this week adding that members of the general public and UN diplomatics are invited.
“[She is ] Jamaica’s sole female national hero and one of the most celebrated, but least recognized, heroines in the resistance history of the New World.”
Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess by award-winning Roy T Anderson is a one-hour documentary film that aims to unearth and examine the mysterious figure — Nanny of the Maroons .
This event is part of a series of events organized on the theme “Women and Slavery” by the United Nations Remember Slavery programme throughout 2015 to honour the struggle of enslaved women during the transatlantic slave trade and their heroic efforts to resist the institution of slavery and pass on their rich cultural heritage to their children.
The United Nations Remember Slavery Programme was established by the General Assembly in 2007 to honour the memory of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade.
The film documents the struggle for freedom by the Jamaican Maroons, led by the indomitable eighteenth-century military genius Nanny of the Maroons.
This film also looks at “Queen Nanny’s legacy” and her impact on contemporary women in general, with appearances by Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller; double Olympic sprint champion Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce; the “Queen of Reggae”, Rita Marley; University Professor Verene Shepherd; and many others. Cristina Gallach, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information; Courtenay Rattray, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations; Eden Charles, Deputy Permanent Representative and Charge d’Affaires of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations; and Roy T. Anderson, film director, producer and writer of the film, will deliver opening remarks.
The screening will be followed by a discussion moderated by Ms. Gallach. The panelists will include Mr. Anderson; Harcourt Fuller, producer and historian on Africa and the African diaspora at Georgia State University; Gloria Simms, lead actress; and Gaynel Curry, Gender and Women’s Rights Adviser for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
The opening remarks and Q&A will be webcast by UN Web TV (http://webtv.un.org).
source: loopjamaica
