Nuttin Bafflin (2011)
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Reviews: write review A small community of 5000 former slaves on a tiny island in the North Eastern Caribbean, mold the accidents of history with their struggle for survival and develop a unique brand of boat ... See full summary » Director:Allison Wilmarth |
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A small community of 5000 former slaves on a tiny island in the North Eastern Caribbean, mold the accidents of history with their struggle for survival and develop a unique brand of boat racing practiced nowhere else on earth. Every year the villages of Anguilla join together in a celebration of the competitive sport of boat racing. This is no gentlemen's sport. The stakes are high and often dangerous. Although this fierce competition courses through the blood of every Anguillian native many do not know where or how this story began. "Nuttin Bafflin" is the first historical film and account of the island of Anguilla and its unique cultural history. A story unknown by the outside world and only passed down to Anguillians as folklore. Tales of blood, salt, struggle, and survival begin when this abandoned colony of slaves were faced with death on a deserted island. Seeing no sure future the islanders took to the sea. They survived only by inventions of their own creative means and ... Written by Anonymous