Native American actor and Disney Channel favorite, Booboo Stewart is set to produce and star in Caleb’s Crossing, based on the historical novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Geraldine Brooks. Radar Pictures secured the film rights with Radar’s Ted Field set to executive produce.
“Caleb’s Crossing” follows the life of Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, the first Native American graduate of Harvard University. A member of the Wampanoag tribe, Caleb graduated from Harvard with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1665, studying Latin and Greek among the colonial elite
On stepping into the lead role, Stewart shared:
I am very honored to be a part of this project and so proud we can bring Caleb’s amazing story to life.
Eyre added:
Telling this story of Native American history and the major accomplishments of Native Peoples is paramount to “our story” as Americans. Booboo is the perfect lead that will take us to new frontiers together.
Caleb was the first Native American to graduate Harvard – the year was 1665. Just a few years earlier, he was Cheeshahteaumuck of the Wampanoag tribe on Martha’s Vineyard. Sparked by a passionate desire to help his people survive the tides of English colonialism, Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck’s journey from island native to Cambridge scholar and back again, bridges an astounding cultural divide.