The Execution of Esther Blount uncovers state-sanctioned murder in Colonial America

In this true story, Esther Blount, a slave of James and Ann Blount of Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, was put on trial, convicted and executed for attempting to poison Ann Blount in 1779. The alleged crime was considered an act of terrorism. There was no evidence to support the verdict and sentence. The suspected motive to steer Esther to the death penalty was to allow the Blounts to cash in on Esther's purported value by filing a compensation claim with the State of North Carolina. The evidence, held in a slave court consisting of a nine-judge panel that included slave owners and relatives of James and Ann Blount, was flimsy at best. The trial paved the way for Esther's execution and allow the Blounts to file their claim.

Coming in 2027.

Shadows at Ballygroman doc examines incident that sparked a bloodbath during the Irish Civil war

During the uneasy truce between Ireland's war of independence against England and the subsequent civil war between the pro-treaty and anti-treaty Irish Republican Army and the people of the new Free State, a shot rang out in the dead of night on April 26, 1922, at Ballygroman in County Cork. Acting IRA Commander Michael O'Neill died on the roadway in front of the home of Thomas Henry Hornibrook and his son, Samuel. Hornibrook's son-in-law, the war hero Capt. Herbert Woods, fired the fatal shot. The killing touched off a series of reprisals that left 13 Protestants dead over 72 hours, including the Hornibrooks and Woods. The bodies of the three men at Ballygroman were never recovered. This story recounts those bloody three days and the impact it had on the people of West Cork.

Coming soon to various streaming platforms.

Flying Goose Productions explores
combat photography history

The motion picture industry was still in its infancy when World War I broke out. The United States entered the war in 1917 and desperately needed motion picture cameramen to provide film footage of the United States Army's participation in the war. Hundreds of men were recruited in the early months of 1917 for training in the Signal Corps. Among the cameramen in Hollywood who joined the war as a cinematographer was the famed director Victor Fleming who would later go on to direct Gone with the Wind and the Wizard of Oz. These cameramen pioneered cinematography on the battlefield, risking their lives to bring images of the war to American movie theaters. They provided a template for future motion picture cameramen to film subsequent battles during World War II, the Korean and Vietnam wars, and subsequent major conflicts worldwide.

Filmmakers in the Trenches: Hollywood's First Combat Photographers can be found on most streaming platforms.

SELIG: Hollywood's Flawed Pioneer educational doc to join film festival circuit

Selig: Hollywood's Flawed Pioneer will begin making the rounds on the film festival circuit this season.

The film chronicles the success and failures of William Selig's pioneering film studio, which developed the concept of documentaries, the cult of celebrity, the serial, which is now episodic television, and the factory assembly-line process of producing films to mass audiences.

Selig Polyscope was the leading film studio Edendale, California, but William Selig's failure to adapt to the quickly changing landscape of filmmaking in the 1910s and teens doomed his business. As the Jazz Age dawned and the flapper became the definition of fashion and glamour, Selig couldn't compete and by 1919 his studio had failed.

For a sneak peek of the film, visit Vimeo at the https://shorturl.at/udx7r link.

Laura Forster's Great War documentary now available

Flying Goose Productions second documentary, Laura Forster's Great War, is now available on Vimeo and YouTube. This short film, hosted by Rob Wagner, profiles Dr. Laura Forster. Forster was an Australian scientist, physician and surgeon renowned for her research in diseases. Coming from a military family, she had a sense of adventure and duty to her country and her adopted country of England. She volunteered to serve as a surgeon at the front lines when the First World War broke out in 1914, but the Royal Army Medical Corps refused to allow women surgeons in operating theaters near the front. Rather than submit to the RAMC's whims, she embarked on a nearly three-year journey to Belgium, France, the Caucasus, Turkey and Russia. She took charge of hospitals to provide critical care to soldiers and refugees alike. The strain of travel under harsh conditions would ultimately lead to her death in Russia in 1917.

Now available on streaming platforms.

Whispers from the Dead: A Glasgow Tale doc now available available

Whispers from the Dead explores the creation and history of the famous 37-acre Necropolis cemetery near the City Centre in Glasgow Scotland. The cemetery is a window to how Victorian-era deaths were treated in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the United Kingdom. Scottish society and the divisions of class, even in death, are on full display.

Now available on streaming video platforms.

Flying Goose's First film

On Feb. 21, 1945, the crew of the Royal Canadian Air Force Halifax bomber NP711 returned from a bombing raid in Germany when it crashed into a hillside near Leistadt, killing the entire crew. The cause of the crash is examined.

Flying Goose partners with Janson Media

Flying Goose Productions, LLC has partnered with Janson Media of Tappen, NY, to distribute the documentary film "Searching for Halifax NP711" worldwide for broadcast television and on streaming video platforms. Throughout 2023, the two companies will work diligently to bring the film to a wide audience.

Janson Media boasts of more than 23,000 hours of content worldwide. Its content includes independent feature films and documentaries as well as televisions productions that include drama, crime, animation, children's shows, social issues, music, history, pop culture, science and technology, and health and wellness among other genres.

The distribution company works with Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, FreeVee, Tubi, Roku, Pluto and NBC's Peacock as well as other platforms.