The First Plantation is a personal investigation of Barbados, from its colonial past through its declaration of sovereignty and current quest for reparations.
90 minutes
Director
Jason Fitzroy Jeffers is a filmmaker from Barbados who has produced award-winning shorts that have screened at Sundance, BlackStar, TIFF, and more. Jeffers is a co-founder of Third Horizon Film Festival, and was previously a journalist with The Miami Herald. He is a 2024 Creative Capital fellow and a 2023 United States Artists (USA) fellow.
Producer
Darcy McKinnon produces documentaries; her most recent release is Suzannah Herbert’s Natchez, premiering at Tribeca 2025, scheduled for broadcast on Independent Lens in 2026. Other credits include A King Like Me, Roleplay, Commuted, Algiers, America, Under G-d, Look at Me: XXXTENTACION, and The Neutral Ground.
Producer
Romola O. Lucas is a filmmaker and attorney from Guyana. She is co-founder and executive director of Third Horizon, a Miami-based filmmaking collective and film festival centering cinema of the Caribbean and its diaspora. Lucas is also the founder of the Caribbean Film Academy, Timehri Film Festival in Guyana, and Studio Anansi TV.