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Anatomy of a TownThe Chief of Police investigates the murder of a young woman while confronting the Sheriff, who blocks his every move for jurisdiction, in order to protect himself from the Chief finding out about his ties to both the murder victim and the killer. Script Excerpt |
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When Doves CryIn 1991, a group of high school seniors navigates the treachery of young adulthood, dealing with bullies, homophobes, and abusive authority figures while seeking the ultimate Minneapolis experience; seeing the legendary Prince perform live at First Avenue on Halloween night but a freak blizzard threatens their plans. Script Excerpt |
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One More DayA salesman sends a text message to God flippantly when he’s out for drinks with a co-worker, asking for an extra day that week to get ahead in a sales competition, he gets it, but he discovers that he’s cursed with an extra day every week until he learns how to treat people. Script Excerpt |
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The Topless WidowA lawyer’s former model mother has taken to sunbathing topless in her backyard, unable to convince her to stop, he pays her complaining neighbors to construct fences, but then she takes her antics to the front yard, getting arrested and he goes from defending her against obscenity charges, to helping her accept her impending death. Script Excerpt |
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WatchAn L.A. homicide detective, who also rents spare rooms in his apartment building to aspiring Hollywood actresses, must prove his innocence when one of them is brutally murdered by someone bent on revenge, exposing the detective's voyeurism fetish. Script Excerpt |
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La HaciendaA married interracial Latino/White couple arrives in Mexico during the Day of the Dead, a day of remembrance for those who've died, to renovate a dream hacienda owned by her parents that's haunted by not only the couple's own past but also the murderous pasts of its former owners, who have been forgotten by their loved ones, for very good reason. Script Excerpt |
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Shadow on the HeartlandA successful Wall Street attorney reluctantly returns to rural North Dakota to help his family fight against an agricultural corporate giant that's quickly taking over the food industry with dangerous GMO seeds. Script Excerpt |
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Post Your Script Here!THROUGH THE CRACKS
A social welfare boss flees from the ghosts of the people whose lives he ruined.
SEVERELY GIFTED
A bright, lonely teenager learns about love and loss while taking a summer job to escape his abusive father.
CATACOMB
On a field trip to Rome, a quiet teenage girl discovers her secret mental powers and must learn to use them in confronting a conspiracy to destroy the Vatican.
THE REDDITION
An idealistic monk crusades against manipulative, sadistic prefects at his order's reform school for boys.
DOWNsized
A young couple who work in a holiday display factory try to make their way back home after mysteriously being miniaturized among model Christmas villages.
THE WORD ON THE STREET
While trying to keep her family together, a young Catholic widow must also deal with prejudice as black families start moving into their all-white parish in 1950s West Philadelphia.
Ruthless
While investigating a missing child case, a female detective realizes the case is closer to home than she thinks, which leads her on an emotional, soul-searching journey.
Osceola
When treaties are broken and the Seminole chiefs are coerced into signing away their land, Osceola takes the lead in urging the Seminoles ad their black allies to fight for freedom and justice.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH - VERSION 4
A 14 year old preacher renounces his faith in God in the wake of a terrifying and traumatic encounter.
THE SOCIAL POLICE
Twenty years from now, an FBI agent patrols the social media This pilot streamer has it all.
