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Supported Projects > The Engineers

The Engineers

In 1777, Black freeman Agrippa Hull joins the Continental Army where he forges an unlikely brotherhood with exiled Polish engineer Tadeusz Kosciusko as they clash with an imperial Britain and bigotry of the nascent United States.

Project Details

Status In Progress

Type Narrative Feature

Writer(s) Willem Lee / Mayuran Tiruchelvam

Producer(s) Mayuran Tiruchelvam

SFFILM Support

Rainin Grant 2020

Co-Writer Willem Lee

Willem Lee is a New York City-based writer and director. His short films have screened both domestically and internationally. He lensed veteran documentarian Dai Sil Kim-Gibson’s film, North Korea: People are the Sky. Willem also teaches screenwriting at SUNY FIT and The New School.

Co-Writer / Producer Mayuran Tiruchelvam

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