Baretia
Jamil Munoz, Writer
Sloan Grant(s) Received:
2018, Screenwriting Award, Columbia University
2019, Sloan Student Grand Jury Prize Honorable Mention, Tribeca Film Institute
Project Type: TV Pilot
Genre: Historical Drama
Length: 65 pages
Field of Science: Botany
Stage: Development
Synopsis
Baretia is a limited series inspired by the true story of Jeanne Baret, the first woman to complete a circumnavigation around the world—which she did while in disguise as a man, and in the employ of her lover, the naturalist Philibert Commerson.