Development
Diary on the Wall (Feature Film)
The true story of a young girl, trapped in an abusive home, who seeks solace in her conversations with Rick James posters on her bedroom wall. What began as diary entries to her idol becomes a cross-country journey of self-discovery and an unexpected love story.
SYNOPSIS: “Diary on the Wall" is a moving tale of a teenager's resilience, self-discovery and search for an extraordinary love that she didn’t know she needed. It's late 1970s and Dene is living in the quiet town of Pontiac, Michigan, with her mother, brother, and abusive stepfather she yearns for an escape.
To cope she immerses herself in imaginative daydreams. These daydreams turn into animated fantasies when she discovers a new solo artist who just released the album that would catapult him to superstardom - none other than the legendary "Super Freak" himself, Rick James.
Covering her bedroom walls with Rick James posters she begins talking to them, confiding her hopes and fears as if writing in a diary. Fed up with her abusive environment, she plots an escape and embarks on a transformative journey to meet Rick James - 2000 miles away in California. To her surprise, she manages to track him down and their meeting will change her life in an unimaginable way.
Sanctuary (Tv Series)
LOGLINE: Acunning strip club owner, in a small town sets her sights on opening a cannabis dispensary. An action that pits her against the law, the richest family intownand her biggest nemesis–a respected community leader who also happens to be her mother.
SYNOPSIS: JADE, having been born and raised in Pontiac is well known in the community. Her family history boasts a pedigree of doctors,scholars and men of the cloth. Her family name used to mean something here. That is until she sullied it by becoming a stripper and then a strip club owner-profiting off the flesh trade as the elders like to say. And now, she’s gone a step too far–she plans to cash in on the newly legalized cannabis market by opening a dispensary in the heart of the city. Right next door to The Museum of Pontiac across the street from City Council Chambers and down the block from the street named after her father.
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Unfortunately, her timing couldn’t be worse. Just a month ago the city council president turned up dead-after being spotted leaving her club AND on the same night that the club’s most popular stripper and her boyfriend mysteriously disappeared. Most in the community suspect Jade is involved. And now, gunning for a promotion or simply some respect, LENNIE (40s), a hapless sheriff and strip club barfly-though let him tell it he’s only here for the chicken-has teamed with disgruntled resident and rabble-rousing reporter JAKE PONTIAC (30s) to investigate.
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The unlikely duo and their unsanctioned investigation have created a public relations nightmare. But for Jade, the biggest things standing between her and her goal is THELOMAX TWINS (40), whose bid for a dispensary is all but a sure thing and MABLE(60s), respected community leader and Jade’s nemesis. Mable led the charge toward cleaning up the city. Ironically, the council president’s untimely death is the reason Mable was elected interim City Council president. She is staunchly against the legalization of cannabis and has made it her mission to repeal the law. Oh, and Mable,just happens to be Jade’s Mother.