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Screenwriter: M. Howard Sewell Jr.
Actor/Choreographer: Jacob H. Sewell
Logline - In 1974, as Aaron pursues Ruth’s home run record - Stuartville, Georgia still maintains a color barrier in their youth baseball league. An unlikely pairing of a white Vietnam veteran, his son and a black teen newcomer, fight to correct this injustice.
Summary
In February 1974, life changed for a twelve year old black kid named RJ Jackson. His father serving in the Big Red 1 Division was killed in Vietnam. His father left a house in Stuartville, Georgia to RJ and his mom, Cicely and the army helped Cicely find a job at the local tire plant. Moving to the deep South put the Jacksons in the crosshairs of discrimination. Cicely feels this at work, but this is all new to RJ. He gets razzed at school by white and black kids. His saving grace is a friendship with a white twelve year old neighbor and classmate, Cordell Berger.
Cordell and RJ share a love of baseball. While Aaron breaks Ruth’s homer record, Stuartville maintains a color barrier in their Little League program. During tryouts, none of the black kids make the “majors,” (more talented teams) instead they are regulated to the “minors.” RJ and Cordell play for Cord’s father, Lyle. Coach Lyle is racist, but has a soft spot for RJ, since he also served in the same division as Capt. Jackson.
RJ decides to protest the injustice with the help of his black civics teacher, Ms. Sibley and a “Black Power wannabe,” Nanza. Each protest is countered with heavier punishment on RJ. When Lyle is promoted to the majors, RJ’s life becomes unbearable. His despair is so deep, it’s scares Lyle into doing the right thing.- promoting RJ to the majors, along with Cordell.
Lyle’s team, with the help of RJ’s baseball prowess, takes the Braves to the county championship for the first time. In a tight and aggressive game, RJ, Cordell and Lyle conquer their rival town.
Logline - One night in 1863, three young men meet in the Tennessee woods: A Cherokee brave, a runaway slave and a Confederate deserter. In their journey west for a better life, they battle adversaries, nature and each other. Along the way, they find a brotherhood that’s stronger than blood.
YouTube Links
https://youtu.be/NTP8r0O22Lk?si=Cky1tIVIh9Er36rh
Summary
Let me take you on a journey. One night in 1863, three young men meet in the Tennessee woods: Kana Ti, a Cherokee brave, who’s family avoided the 1839 relocation to Indian Territory; Tanimola, a Yoruba tribesman that was enslaved at 13 from his Benin homeland and ran away from his Alabama plantation; Eli, who lost his last family member in the Battle of Chickamaugua, then deserted from the Confederate army.
Although vastly different, these men have three things in common - they hate each other, they each suffer loss and they are searching for a place to belong. Using Eli’s map from the Lewis & Clark expedition, follow these wayward souls to see if they kill each other, die by the hands of slavers, outlaws, natives, or the mighty Mississippi River.
If they survive, does Kana Ti find a home with his Cherokee brethren in Indian Territory? Will Tanimola find a black community in Kansas to replace his tribal roots - or do the men follow Eli to that grand, mystical place that his Pappy marked on his map - so many years ago.
This is a tale of adventure, conflict, and understanding that the family you’re “born to,”may not be the family you choose.
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Logline - A dance professor and his wife move to Harmony, Texas to save her family farm. While working the farm, the couple are asked to develop a quirky group of teens into a show choir. They struggle with the farm and battle rivals, but when a tornado hits, the group helps heal a broken town..
YouTube Links
https://youtu.be/exQpAXCwaGg?si=dbIwLSrRuPjNRqNa
https://youtu.be/hPI05LLdhTo?si=YxMSwaQy5B2mE1z_
https://youtu.be/KJudir5eGTY?si=vKw83QcS9rdHxrR0
Summary
Desmond Howard is an unemployed black dance and philosophy professor. His white wife, Karis, gets word that her father, John Caufield had a stroke. Desmond, Karis and their daughter, Haley, move to Harmony, Texas to help save the family farm. Personality and operational conflicts ensue between Desmond and John. Meanwhile Karis teaches at the local high school, where she runs into a former rival, Lucy Dunn. Lucy coaches the cheerleaders and is engaged to Karis’ old flame and current school football coach, Billy “the kid” Payne.
An opportunity arises that allows Desmond to teach dance to local teens. Several quirky kids trade farm chores for dance and singing lessons. The teens fight and bicker, trying to become a team. This group also becomes competition to Lucy’s dance studio in town.
A tragic tornado hits the town causing death and destruction, which becomes a catalyst to bridge the differences between Desmond and John, along with the teens. The group holds an incredible show to help heal this broken town.
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LA actor, Jack Spencer desperately wants fame, but he’s failing at his craft and nearing bankruptcy. Jack is haunted by the car accident that killed his parents when he was a kid, leaving him emotionally scared and battling addiction.
On the verge of homelessness, Jack takes a job caring for his ailing grandparents (Ike and Kate) in Oklahoma. However, his lack of empathy and poor work ethic leads to problems. His only salvation is a budding romance with the high school basketball coach, Nathanial and friendship with local grocery clerk, Darlene. As usual, Jack’s poor behavior begins unraveling these relationships. On top of that, the stress of caring for Ike and Kate, leads Jack to the airport, ready to run back to LA - but running back to what?
Sitting at the gate, Jack hears the lyrics from an old song, “I’ve Never Been to Heaven, but I’ve Been to Oklahoma. “ Taking the tune as a sign, Jack returns to his grandparents. Soon after, Ike tells Jack that he comes from a line of cowboys and asks him - “Do you feed the good horse or the bad horse?” Jack understands the metaphor. He finds help and begins improving as a caregiver and as a friend.
Jack also lands the lead in a local theatre production. Channeling his new compassion, Jack has a stellar performance. This leads to a substantial acting job offer back in LA. At a crossroads, Jack must make a life defining decision, to pursue his dream or take care of his responsibilities.k
Jack demonstrates his maturity and humanity by staying to care for his grandparents, until his grandpa passes and grandma is in a memory center. Then Jack gets a call to star in a film, which he is now ready to successfully execute.
LOGLINE - Richard is a woman trapped in a man’s body. “He” tries to dismiss this fact, compensating with sports and marriage. However, powerful life events compel Richard to become Abby. She finds her way, navigates relationships, spirituality and emerges a better person.
SUMMARY
Growing up with a tyrant for a father was bad enough for Richard; however, there is a bigger problem - he is a girl trapped in a boy’s body. Richard uses this internal anxiety to fuel his excellence in track and swimming.
As a teen, Richard is invited to U.S. Olympic swim trials. His father’s response, “don’t be disappointed when you don’t come close to making the team.” Prior to leaving for the trials, Richard succumbs to his feelings and models his sister’s clothes. His father discovers Richard in full female attire and throws him out of the house.
Richard’s only saving grace is an understanding sister, Deb, a girl friend and the swim coach. The coach houses Richard until graduation and serves as a life coach. Although Richard does not make the team, he earns a college scholarship. He graduates, marries a fellow student and becomes a teacher and coach.
Richard dismisses his earlier thoughts about being female, until a student athlete confides in him regarding similar feelings. Later this teen commits suicide. Richard’s life unravels. His wife leaves him, his sister has Multiple Sclerosis, and he lands in a deep, dark place. These events lead to a decision…becoming Dana!
The process of transition is physically and emotionally crushing, but Dana crawls her way through to the other side. Additionally, her mom and dad are dying and Dana must decide how to reveal herself to them. Courage through her intestinal fortitude, connecting with her faith in God and with the help of friends, she has hope.
Dana finds a fresh life - full of unknowns, but possibilities. She takes another shot to achieve a goal by competing in the Senior Olympics. Her olympic experience is both uplifting and devastating. Dana publishes her story and stops hiding in plain sight.
