Richard Audley Vaughan is an award-winning independent filmmaker and the founder of Spirit of ’38 Productions. Born in New York in 1980 to Jamaican immigrants, Vaughan is driven by a deep passion for his cultural heritage and a determination to shed light on historical narratives often overlooked. His production company, Spirit of ’38 Productions, is named after two significant years in Jamaican history: 1838, the year of full emancipation for slaves in the British West Indies, and 1938, the year of the Jamaican Labour Rebellion. Vaughan’s work focuses on creating truth-focused documentaries that challenge dominant historical accounts. His filmography includes “The Word is Love: Jamaica’s Michael Manley” (2012), “Rolling Along: An Inline Movement” (2017), “Four Years of Love: The Grenada Revolution” (2021), and “The Price of Love: Cheddi Jagan” (2024). His second documentary earned him the 2017 award for Best Editing of a Documentary at the Madrid International Filmmaker Festival and the Van Gogh Award at the Amsterdam Film Festival. Through his films, Vaughan aims to counter hegemony, one film at a time, providing a platform for quality, truth-focused documentaries.
