Produced by Barbara
Montgomery Mitote is a screenplay adaptation of an original,
‘one act’, historically based drama written by Maisha Baton,
Ph.D., that tells the story of three African American women,
Miss Yolonda, Miss Kate and Miss Ruth. Through the casual
dialogue in their backyard setting, circa 1900 New Mexico, we
are given a personal recounting of African Americans in New
Mexico’s history. Each woman has a story to tell and each story
is based on a different, unique historical incident.
The
screenplay interweaves the chronicle of Estabanico, the Spanish
Moor who while exploring the New World with Cabeza de Baca,
became the first non-indigenous person to inhabit what is
currently New Mexico and Arizona, with the oral history of post
slavery ‘exodusters’ making their way from the war ravaged South
into Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Colorado.
Equally fascinating is the third dramatic cross current that
recounts events from the life of an African American woman who
served as a scout in the U.S. Cavalry by posing as a man. |
Producer-Director,
Barbara Montgomery with actors on the set of
Mitote |