Narrative Feature Projects in Development
Each of these project could also be developed as a limited series.
THE PARIS BOOKSELLER
A WOMAN OF THREE NATIONS
PROJECT TYPE: Feature-length Dramatic Historical film based on the biography, Juana Briones of 19th Century California by Jeanne Farr McDonnell.
LOGLINE: In order to support and protect her eight children, Juana Briones, an undaunted and illiterate medicine woman, leaves her alcoholic physically abusive husband to become an entrepreneur in 19th century California as it transitions from control by Spain, to Mexico and then to the United States.
A WARRIOR OF THE PEOPLE
PROJECT TYPE: Feature-length Dramatic Historical film based based on the biography, A Warrior of the People by Joe Starita.
LOGLINE: The true story of how Susan La Flesche overcame racial and gender inequality to become the United States’ first indigenous doctor in 1889 and how she dedicated her life to caring for her community—the Omaha Tribe.
Limited Series Projects in Development
A ROOM OF ONE´S OWN
PROJECT TYPE: A Six-part Dramatic Series
WRITERS: Virginia Woolf (Essay), Zel Anders (Adaptation).
LOGLINE: An all-star ensemble portrayal of A Room of One´s Own, the historic feminist essay which explores 400 hundred years of social injustices against women and the need for women to possess intellectual freedom and financial independence.
THE LONG RELAY RACE:
BREAKING INVISIBLE BARRIERS TO GENDER EQUITY IN THE UNITED STATES
PROJECT TYPE: A 28-part Dramatic Series
LOGLINE: A 28-part dramatic series to teach teens and young adults about the long relay race for gender equity in the United States and about the fact that women are still not included in the U.S. Constitution.
Short Film Projects in Development
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I WANT A WIFE
PROJECT TYPE: Short Dramatic Film
LOGLINE: In this tongue-in-cheek short film with a serious point, an all-star ensemble of women and men enact and discuss Judy Brady’s legendary feminist satire essay, I WANT A WIFE, with the ultimate questions becoming WHO WOULDN’T WANT A WIFE—someone to iron your clothes, cook your meals, care for your children, shop for the groceries, manage the house, and support you—AND shouldn’t these tasks be shared in any marriage?
28 EASY STEPS TO BECOMING U.S. PRESIDENT
PROJECT TYPE: Documentary Short – 20 minutes
WRITER: Zel Anders
LOGLINE: In this short film with a message to young people, an all-star ensemble of women and men discuss with teens what it takes to become the president of a democratic country. What to become U.S. President in 2044? Start Planning now.
THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF MS. V
PROJECT TYPE: Short Dramatic Film
WRITERS: Virginia Woolf (Short Story), Jo Hannah Afton (Adaptation)
LOGLINE: The Mysterious Case of Ms. V is based upon Virginia Woolf's short story The Mysterious Case of Miss V. and muses on the subject of those people that we see year-after-year at events but don't know very well.
PROJECT TYPE: Narrative Short
LOGLINE: This will be the first or second episode in the limited series 28 Moments in US Women’s history and contrasts the experience of poet Anne Bradstreet in 1650 to that of Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez 370 years later in 2020.