A Calling

A Short Film

On the eve of her departure to sea to become a sailor, 20-year-old Anne Cormac is arrested for murder in self-defense, while committed to execution and awaiting trial in a cell, she concocts a plan to escape the gallows by striking a deal with the king of pirates. ​

Concept:

A Calling is a 25min short film, a fictional/historical drama that is based on true characters. A period piece that takes place during the Golden Age of Piracy, in Colonial America. It focuses on the later years of a teen, coming of age and realizing her sexual interest leans towards both genders and who dreams of being a sailor. On the eve of her departure to sea, she is met with unfortunate circumstances that place her freedom at a halt. The elements of this dramatic short is the fight for freedom. Freedom from the oppressive father, from the life of the colony, and freedom from oneself. An independent period drama about gender identity, grief, social injustice, and anti-establishment.

A Calling is currently in the preproduction phase.

A Calling is one of three shorts that will address the backstories of 3 prominent figures that lived during the Golden Age of Piracy, and soon operated the Atlantics and Caribbean Sea as leaders of the Pyrate Republic.

The Pyrate Republic, EP. 1, The Blockade of Charlestown.

While Blackbeard decides to blockade a major colonial port for the sake of his dying crew, newly elected governor of Nassau Republic Mary Read prepares for a foreign invader.

Synopsis:

Some years after Queen Anne’s War, Nassau (democratic) Republic became a bustling haven for pirates and seafarers, it held commerce for thousands of jobless-sailors. Managed by the FLYING GANG (ten pirate captains) that have made Nassau a place without the reach of England and it’s royal taxation and laws. Free from discrimination of gender and race and every person has a vote and a say. Commodore EDWARD THATCHE (BLACKBEARD,) scourge of the seas (king of pirates,) has dismantled the Honorable East India Company by fomenting English, Spanish and French ship trades in the Atlantics and freeing thousands of slaves and looting all their goods, while the occasional burning of their ships. For this, England declared to cancel piracy in the high seas, for England and the English Colonies’ sake. Newly proclaimed governor of Nassau, decreed by King George I of Great Britain and House Hanover, WOODS ROGERS, is summoned to the House of Commons to discuss these issues at hand. After the Sea Wars (Queen Anne’s War, ((Great American Theater War,))) England lost much and the Admiralty became bankrupt. A head-on war against the pirates would be too costly to fight. Rogers argues to give the pirates pardons, knowing that most would take it. The entire House disagrees. His idea is to thin their numbers first, then cancel them all together, one by one. Eventually he wins the votes and prepares his flotilla to sail to the Bahamas. When word reaches Nassau that a new governor is on the way to cancel piracy, the Flying Gang reacted. They summoned council and argued to prepare for war. BENJAMIN HORNIGOLD (self proclaimed governor of Nassau) argued that this is the end and they should resign from piracy. MARY READ and ANNE BONNY disagree, and stress on preparing Nassau for war. They vote, and the latter wins. Hornigold resigns from piracy and his governorship after losing the vote and relocates his crew to the eastern islet off the island. An election is commenced on the island, and a newly elected governor steps in, Mary Read. She and Anne Bonny prepare Nassau for war, along with the help of the Flying Gang. Both pirate women are leading proprietors to many establishments in Nassau, and are famed for their grit and courage in the high seas. Meanwhile, Blackbeard is working on a Greek anagram in which he cracks whilst blockading Charlestown. This anagram has the only coordinates and location to an ancient golden-orrery. In Blackbeard’s mind, whoever acquires this device would rule all seven seas. His plan is to present it to King George I of Great Britain, in exchange for keeping Nassau free from English Monarch rule. If the king refuses, it is the only weapon that can be used to predict any celestial navigation in the high seas, which he can use against England, Spain, France, and any Sea Lord with power. Who is to say that these major powers are not searching for it as well. 

Concept:

The Pyrate Republic is a one-hour serialized fictional/historical drama based on real characters and pirate culture. It focuses on the last years of the lives of three pirate captains that led Nassau Republic to freedom and far from England and its rule. The serialized elements in this story are the diplomatic fights for rights in the New World, the keeping of the Pirate Republic and the race to find an ancient device (Golden Orrery.)

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