Cruel tyrant? Or maritime hero?
Twelve young people from St Ives Secondary School have researched and produced this documentary film that challenges the popular perception of Captain William Bligh as one of history’s great villains – the cruel tyrant responsible for the infamous ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’.
The Captain Bligh Film Project is an inspirational youth engagement programme linked to the National Maritime Museum Cornwall’s Captain Bligh: Man, Myth, Mutiny exhibition in 2017. The Maritime Museum, in partnership with The Pegasus Award and Dogbite Film Crew, worked with twelve young people from St Ives Secondary School to research and produce a documentary film that challenges the popular perception of Captain William Bligh as one of history’s great villains – the cruel tyrant responsible for the infamous ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’. For the museum, the project was an important opportunity to include these young people’s insights and contributions – their ‘voices’ – within the exhibition space.
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Sounds better than Christopher Columbus.
Sounds better than Christopher Columbus.
fun fact. captin william Bligh is my 8th great grandad
es gab eine discovery neuauflage mit antony middleton vor einigen jahren auf dmax
ich werde dieses jahr 57 und habe gelesen, dass bligh mit diesem Alter in London blieb
after having reached 56years of age, bligh stayed on solid ground until he died, according to wikipedia
3:25 they travelled 6512km within 48days so this means 5.6km/h average speed
Hollywood did a terrible injustice to Bligh in both the 1935 (Charles Laughton and Clark Gable) and the 1962 (Trevor Howard and Marlon Brando) films. The 1984 (Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson) film was more even-handed and historically accurate. Bligh's journey in the launch was one of the most astounding and impressive feats of navigation and seamanship in the history of sailing.
I too grew up with the common impression that Bligh was a tyrant. My father made me watch the Mutiny on the Bounty to show me what a bully looked like. Now, with nearly 40 years experience at sea and currently working as a Marine Pilot, I have a totally different view. The research you guys have done is impressive and admirable. He was, in my humble opinion, one of the finest seafarers Britain has ever produced; as a seaman, as a fighting Naval officer (personally thanked by Nelson after one battle), as the Governor of NSW and as a humanitarian. There just is not the reliable evidence to suggest otherwise. When Bligh was in Australia he made such a good impression on the common people that one family vowed that every male descendant would carry his name. Australia's current Prime Minister is Mr Malcolm Bligh Turnbull and is one of that family. It was only the corrupt elite that had it in for him and made up the stories about him hiding under the bed.
Excellent film, and so nice to see an open minded research project into the real William Bligh. https://www.facebook.com/PitcairnNorfolk/