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A Pirate Named Ned
Animation
2015
8 min
Dorchester, MA
"A Pirate Named Ned" explores the competing versions of the life story of "Golden Era" pirate Edward "Ned" Low, who is portrayed in historical texts as both sadistic monster and single parent pirate. The film also makes a link to modern Somali pirates and the evolving distortion in their story. Employing both humor and abstraction, "A Pirate Named Ned" is an animated essay that challenges the accepted understanding of a character who existed on the fringe of early Colonial American society by questioning the validity of the historical record.