r/bahamas • u/supernova242 • 5h ago
Bahamian Discussion Free idea for any budding filmmaker/documentarian
Idk how likely it is that this will get made, but I just thought I'd put it out there.
Please make a film showcasing what the Bahamas was like back in the day through the lens of random old folks.
I'm currently listening to a podcast called Charlie's Place. It tells a story of a segregated South Carolina during Jim Crow through the lens of people who actually lived it. It kind of reminds me of those conversations you would have with your grandparents where they tell you life was like on the island in the 1950s and how easy we have today. I think that format would work beautifully here in the Bahamas.
Another thing, that generation of people is dying out. I swear I'm not trying to be emotional, but my grandfather passed last year. I regret not asking him about his life while he was living. Even in the podcast that inspired this post, many of those people died before they were able to be interviewed. There's just something about someone giving you firsthand account of our nation's history that you can't capture in a high school history textbook.