What if Caribbean history wasn't tragedy but superhero origin stories?
In this high-concept visual essay, writer and broadcaster Lindsay Johns reframes the history of the Caribbean to tell a new story. Not the traditional narrative of suffering and adversity but a celebratory one of superheroes and epic wars, unceasing resistance and never-ending rebellion, told through the stories of four inspirational leaders and their modern-day spiritual descendants.
Writing
Johns' superhero metaphor reframes everything
Direction
Visual essay format keeps it cinematic
Production
Connects archival past to present descendants
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Johns coined 'superhero historiography' in his 2019 essay for the TLS, making this film a rare case of a critic expanding their written theory into visual form.
The film's release coincided with renewed UK debates about colonial history in schools—Johns specifically positioned it as counter-programming to 2022's sanitized Jubilee narratives.
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