Season 1 · Episode 06
95 min · 1945–today
The Last of Sapelo
An island of 434. A village of 47. And one woman who kept the stories.
Logline
Cornelia Bailey and Hog Hammock's fight to hold Sapelo Island against developer erasure.
What the episode covers
- Cornelia Bailey born 1945, raised in Hog Hammock — last Gullah community on Sapelo.
- God, Dr. Buzzard, and the Bolito Man (2000) — her memoir, the community record.
- The property tax fight, land loss, and the descendants organizing today.
Production notes
Community-attributed traditional music only, no post-1928 material. All primary sources public domain (Library of Congress, National Archives, community archives) or community-controlled oral history. Screenplay filed with U.S. Copyright Office as part of the Gullah Geechee Biz Season 1 deposit.
Attribution
Written & Directed by Darryl Elliott Brown
Produced by Darryl Elliott Brown
A Gullah Geechee Biz Production
© 2026 Darryl Elliott Brown
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