The Rainbow Prince Project “Once upon a time a brown Princess saved a Prince...” A magical boy, who changes colors with his feelings, is left on the castle steps of a King and Queen. Now the heir to the kingdom, he is put to sleep by an evil white wizard scheming with his dangerous cohort to take over the realm. It is up to the beautiful Brown Princess Marea to save The Rainbow Prince and his multicolored kingdom . The Rainbow Prince flips the traditional fairytale narrative by having brown heroes, a good Black sorceress, and a Brown Princess who saves the Rainbow Prince, allowing us to celebrate his multicultural kingdom. The Rainbow Prince is more than just a simple fairytale. It is an original story for K-6 kids written by Mother/Daughter duo Laura Napier and Marea Claybourne-Napier. It’s also a grassroots passion project, a short film, and a message of hope, inclusion, and diversity.

The beautiful and spoilt Princess Rupanjali is determined to marry only the Rainbow Prince. When she hears that he is trapped in the body of a red parrot she orders that every bird in the kingdom be trapped and caged. When her maid Nilanjana protests at her cruelty, Rupanjali has her thrown into the cage too. When the new king ignores his old friend the shepherd, he wakes up the next morning with billions of needles poking his skin. Removing one makes two more grow back. As he lies in agony, his queen must find a way of helping him. In these two folk-tales from Bengal, arrogance is always punished – even in a prince or princess.