Development
If I Were A Jet
LOGLINE: The dynamic of a close-knit family is disrupted when the eldest sibling of four sisters attempts suicide. Their subsequent family counseling sessions bring up unresolved petty grievances and childhood trauma. For the sake of their sister and to heal as a family they must learn how to navigate their complicated feelings toward one another.
SYNOPIS:
FAITH LUDLOW has wrestled with depression for years – steaming from the death of
her mother and the guilt that it was her fault. Upon learning a seemingly innocuous piece of
news, she attempts to end her life. Fortunately for her, a literal guardian angel won’t let that
happen. Emergency services are called and Faith is admitted into a psychiatric wellness center
for treatment.
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There, Faith has numerous encounters with a nurse whose presence inexplicably provides her
with peace. Unbeknownst to Faith, and us, this is her guardian angel. Also, by her side, for better
or worse is Faith’s self-proclaimed “close-knit” family. Her father MANNY, brooding chauvinist
and three sisters WHITNEY, stoic outsider and twin to SYDNEY, sensitive masculine lesbian and
then the youngest RAYNE, flamboyant influencer with an amputated leg that only adds to her
sensuality. As a unit, the family is incapable of being vulnerable. They make light of serious
situations and mock anyone in their orbit. With each other they communicate via micro-
aggressive comments, disguised as jokes.
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Attempting to uncover the root of Faith’s depression her therapist schedules a group counseling
session for the whole family. Initially they refuse but Whitney guilts them into going. The session
starts off slow, no one willing to expose themselves. The debate petty childhood grievances
based on memories that prove unreliable. We learn that the entire family is suffering from grief
and internalized trauma. The session is intense and emotional but leads to a shared moment of
vulnerability that provides the family with a much-needed catharsis.
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The next day, Faith has a poignant conversation with her nurse/guardian angel that reveals the
implausible - the possibility that the nurse is actually her mother incarnate and the guardian
angel that saved her life. Reeling from this prompts a flash back to the day her mother died.
Faith relives the events, as do we, as they really happened and not as she believed them to
have happened. The revelations are palpable. Her eyes brim with tears as she attempts to
process what she just experienced. Faith looks around for the nurse who is no longer there.
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Through the tears we understand that Faith’s all-consuming guilt has been assuaged and that
she is undoubtedly on the road to recovery.
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.
The Elevenhundred (Tv Series)
LOGLINE:
A cunning strip club owner must juggle the coverup of a murder in her club, a turf war with greedy real estate tycoons and her inept boyfriend’s loose lips, all while using her wits to conceal what she’s really doing – bankrolling a secret society of black woman plotting to overtake the government.
SYNOPSIS:
JADE is trying to keep it together. Running the strip club, opening the dispensary, laundering money for the secret society of black women plotting to infiltrate the government – for the greater good.
A natural brooder yes, but she seems to be in the midst of an uncharacteristic moment of crisis. A problematic boyfriend that she may only be keeping around for the kink and recurring nightmares that have something to do with her past have compelled her to reach out to her former best friend - an ex stripper who is now a devout Jehovah’s Witness.
The drama began a month ago when the city council president, who was also the secret society’s man on the inside, turned up dead. It was common knowledge that he frequented the club. Most in the community suspect Jade is involved. And they are right. She didn’t do the killing but it happened in her club and she covered it up. And now, gunning for a promotion or simply some respect, LENNIE, 35, hapless sheriff and strip club barfly - though let him tell it he’s only there for the chicken - has teamed up with disgruntled resident and rabble-rousing reporter JAKE PONTIAC, 30, to investigate the death. Then there’s the LOMAX TWINS, 40s, they own a competing dispensary but their main goal is to repatriate that coveted piece of land that Jade owns, also home to the secret society – you see where this is going.
Unfortunately for Jade, the new city council president replacing their inside man, is none other than her nemesis, MABLE, 60s, respected community figurehead and widow to the city’s spiritual leader. Mable covets the power her new position wields and makes it clear that her allegiances are transactional. She is staunchly against anything in the city not seen as pious and sees it as her mission to make it so. Yeah, she’s a real problem. Oh, and she just happens to be Jade’s Mother.