BLACK AQUATIC:
VOL. ONE: SEARCHING FOR GOOD TROUBLE
ABOUT THIS FIRST VOLUME:
BLACK AQUATIC vol. 1: Searching For Good Trouble
Professional sailor and advocate sailor Marie Rogers talks about the importance of diversity in sailing while reflecting on the challenging 9-day 2023 Transpacific Yacht Race which she skippered from San Pedro, CA, to Honolulu, Hawaii with the first multicultural professional sailing crew of a boat named Good Trouble, forging a path for black women and women of color in the professional sailing realm. Also featured is Kevin Dawson, historian and award winning author of Undercurrents of Power: Aquatic Culture of the African Diaspora, who shares historical information on the sailing aquatic culture of Africans and African Americans, before and during slavery.
CREDITS
Executive Produced and Written by: Inga Grimmett
Directed by: Inga Grimmett
Fred Guerrier
(Teaser) Edited by: Inga Grimmett
Interview Cinematography by: Ahmed Uthman
On The Water Cinematography: Inga Grimmett
Additional Footage by: Greg Porter
Chris Love
Betsy Crowfoot
Sound Engineer: Aniket Solanki
Post Production Editing: Inga Grimmett
Music Creative Direction by: Inga Grimmett
Special Thanks To:
Bill Rogers, Bill McClure, Boris and Marissa Sztorch, Sean and Lorraine McGillen, Sail ORO
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Join us in the pivotal phase of completing our film with our fundraiser that is currently running on GoFundMe. "Black Aquatic: vol. one: Searching For Good Trouble with Marie Rogers. We are on a fundraising mission to to bring the short to as many festival as possible so that we may be able to make more episodes through funding.
Additionally, a percentage of the funds will also go to non-profit The Bill And Marie Rogers Sailing Foundations as well as the The Oceans And Roads Foundation, to help continue their classes and workshops in offshore sailing as well as swimming classes and work-abroad study programs and other community scholarships.
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