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 worldwhich she did while in disguise as a man, and in the employ of her lover, the naturalist Philibert Commerson.