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Available Screenplay: DREDEN – TV Pilot (c) 2019
FADE INEXT. CITY STREETS – NIGHTDREDEN MILIQUE walks down the empty, nighttime streets. He is an ordinary BLACK MAN in ordinary attire – polo shirt, khaki pants, loafers – who takes a cell phone from his pocket and looks down at it every half block. He seems disappointed. But there’s a SOUND somewhere up ahead…
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The Far Whites Are Exultant
The acquittal that most Black & Brown people knew was coming, and which the majority of sensible White people are upset about, has the more despicable members of the GOP (as well as tRump’s fart sniffers) rejoicing happily as if they have personally been gifted a solid gold statue of Their Orange Unholiness, happened Friday…
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Available Screenplay: All That You Have (c) 2020
FADE IN:EXT. BEACH HOME IN MALIBU – EARLY MORNINGA beautiful, California ‘Cape Cod’ home on the coast. A late model Audi Q7 pulls up, parks. For a moment, no movement from inside. Then the passenger side door opens and a GIRL in her late teens jumps out. A back door opens, and out pops a…
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Cop Shows Should be Canceled
There shouldn’t be any crime dramas that show law enforcement in a favorable light – indeed, there should be no shows on TV about cops at all. why not, you ask? Because cops are not heroes, they are bullies and murderers, and they should not be put on a pedestal the way that they are…
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Are They Crazy or Just Demonic?
Conservatives are certifiably insane and it shows – embarrassingly so. These people ought to be ashamed of themselves – but they aren’t! They seem to be proud of letting their craziness show. Never in my wildest nightmares would I have fantasized that the GOP would have turned into such an unholy mess, that White people…
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Available Screenplay: Lightning Strikes (c) 2019
FADE INEXT. RESTAURANT – NIGHTThree WOMEN exit the building, laughing and talking. All have dark hair and ethnic features, and bear a strong resemblance to each other. These are the WENMAN sisters. One of them turns to lock the door they just walked out of, as the others unlock a nearby SUV and get inside.…
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Fix America’s Real Problems!
Our Democratic leaders are failing us. Rather than trying to get a handle on the issues that are hurting Americans of all ages, they are fighting Republicans on ‘wokeness’, CRT, and ‘cancel culture’. Democrats instead need to focus on eradicating the issues that plague us: homelessness, poverty, racial inequality, a healthcare system that would be…
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Available Screenplay: AGNES (c) 2020
EXT. RURAL AREA – MORNINGThe roadway sign reads: WELCOME TO BROOKLINE, A FRIENDLY TENNESSEE COMMUNITY!Traffic is sparse. Then a large SUV zooms past, pulling a moving trailer.INT. SUV – MORNINGInside the vehicle are the DALE family: stepfather LONNIE, mother JULIA, daughters ROWAN and SHANIQUE, and son TUCKER. They are interracial – Lonnie is White, Julia’s…
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Black Women & Domestic Violence 2
When it comes to addressing the unique challenges that Black women face when dealing with domestic abuse, most advocates would suggest starting with the church. Not only are Black people the highest population of Christians in the United States, but they also are more likely to find comfort and security in the idea that God…
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Black Women & Domestic Violence
My grandmother and my mother were abused by my grandfather. My mother went on to be in at least two abusive relationships that I remember, and the second one lasted at least seven years. Why would a woman put herself through such agony at the hands of a man, some people might wonder? I didn’t…