Help make The Legend of Black Mexico a thing

This project is a political thriller set in the 16th and 17th centuries--an epic, trans-continental narrative. Few know this true story and no one but I can marshal its facts around slavery into a commercial screenplay.

Last year the Cali news publishers gave me its top prize for depth reporting. This would be my second screenplay. Netflix passed on the first, back when I was learning the fundamentals.

Also in my past are a couple of strong CAA meetings. Contacts are not my issue. I'm doing this GoFundMe to buy time.

In conversation I've called The Legend of Black Mexico Rambo meets The Woman King, but only because the politics of slavery in "New Spain" are impossible for most to wrap their thinking around.

A vivid treatment is well in the works and I've dialed in on a firm script draft deadline of May, 2025.

Ideally, this cinematic narrative built around clever escaped slave Gaspar Yanga will become a valuable piece of media later next year. Mexico, Gabon, and Portugal are the locales.

My plan is to reveal Veracruz--the lush Mexican region ceded to Yanga after his rebel tactics prove too much for the Portuguese-- connecting the Gulf Coast region to both Yanga's West African homeland and Lisbon's power halls. The narrative under construction illuminates the unlikely alliances forced by the slave trade while never failing to be a crowd-pleasing action film.

Your contributions would support the project by paying for Final Draft scriptwriting software and, most importantly, providing me with the time to write that only money can buy.

This is the storytelling that I want to be remembered for. Hopefully, you will want to play a part in its creation. If not, could you share my project with a friend or two who might want to see my movie?