Generational Curses
After a bitter middle aged alcoholic saves the life of a broken teenaged sex slave, they lift each other from the depths of despair.
After a whirlwind romance, he spies her in what appears to be an intimate situation with the husband he was unaware of. Emotionally devastated, he runs his truck off the road and shatters his left leg.
While recovering stateside, Honor self-medicates with vodka. He marries his school boy crush, Shyvette, who’s pregnant with thug, Tank’s baby. The marriage is a one-sided affair.
Honor comes home inebriated one night, just after Tank, murders Shyvette. Honor never forgives himself and neither does her son.
Seventeen years later, Honor is a drunk. During a liquor store run, he rescues 17 year old Filipino, Mahal, a broken human trafficking victim being beaten by her pimp, Tre.
In fits and starts, they teach each other to trust again. Mahal leads Honor back to Christ. After a testy exchange, Mahal runs away from Honor. Tre abducts her and sells her to a ruthless pimp who keeps her chained up. Faye confront Tre, who turns out to be Shyvette’s son who resents Honor. Honor tells Tre that he married Shyvette so that his biological father, Tank, would be a secret. Remorseful, Tre rescues Mahal and brings her to Honor just before police arrest him.
A human trafficking agent who helps Mahal turns out to be Min-Young! After 34 years their huge misunderstanding is cleared up. Min-Young was divorcing her husband after she fell for Honor.
They’re blown away when they learn that Mahal’s mother was sent to live in the Philippines because Min-Young was ostracized for having a “black baby” – Honor’s baby that he knew nothing about. Honor is Mahal’s grandfather! The story ends at a wedding in Honor’s church.
I don’t believe films by creatives of color should be limited to stories featuring gangs, drugs, criminals or broad comedy. I’ve written and produced fifteen shorts and my feature screenplays have won or placed high in international competitions.
Capital Fund (Finalist) [2018]
Shoot in Philadelphia (Finalist) [2017]
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