Anne Bonny, Pirate

Winner: 2024 Best in Competition, Faculty Scriptwriting Competition, Narrative Feature Catagory, Broadcast Educators Association

A block print of a woman dressed as a man and holding a gun in the early 1700s

A woman with short brown hair and glasses smiles in front of the BEA Festival of Media repeatable

This feature-length screenplay is based on the true story and folklore of the early 1700s cross-dressing pirate, Anne Bonny. Anne escaped an arrainged marriage and travelled to the Carribean where she met Calico Jack Rackham and learned the piracy trade. During her travels she also met Mary Read, another woman who dressed in men’s clothes. Throughout her life Anne experienced freedom on a level that most women of their day could not fathom.