Fighting Johnny O'Brian (female lead)
BASED ON A TRUE STORY. For a parole board hearing, a 53 year-old black civil rights attorney gets appointed - despite her protests - to represent a white man who's been in prison 20 years for killing 2 black police officers. (Also written with a young white male as the hero, but the female version is better.)
a young sean penn type
50's Black Actor
The short version of Fighting Johnny O'Brian won First Place in the 2018 Creative World Awards shorts contest. That short has been shot and is in the editing process.
Fighting Johnny O'Brian finished as Semi-Finalist or better in 10 international contests since 2018.
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NOCTURNE'S RAINBOW
Kids and their dogs find the Rainbow Bridge in a snowstorm.
LOTUS OPERANDI
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Twenty years from now, an FBI agent patrols the social media.
IN THE LOCKED UPPER ROOM
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CHAMPION OF THE WORLD!
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THEATRE OF DEATH
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BOSS TWEED
NYC politician William M. “Boss” Tweed loots the city treasury for millions until exposed by the upstart New York Times and immigrant cartoonist Thomas Nast.
SIR HARRY LAUDER TONIGHT!
A famed Hollywood actor produces and stars in an Off-Broadway musical about his idle – the acclaimed, world renowned but long forgotten musical hall entertainer, Sir Harry Lauder.
GENERAL GRANT IS DOOMED!
“NEVER RETREAT, NEVER SURRENDER!” Ex-President Ulysses S.
