History and Film: Toussaint L’Ouverture Movie Pitch

After viewing the Toussaint L’Ouverture documentary and reading the four articles about the difficulty of making a movie about a historical figure like Toussaint L’Ouverture, write a pitch to Hollywood executives trying to sell them on the idea of making a movie about the Haitian Revolution. Craft your pitch using what you know about the Haitian Revolution from the documentary and what you learned about potential hurdles for such a film to overcome Hollywood’s concerns about such a project. Your knowledge about the genre of films on revolution will undoubtedly also be helpful as you try to sell a Haitian Revolution film. You are free to incorporate other evidence to support your case provided you cite your sources.