BROKEN HERO

Logline:  Grieving the death of his wife, a U.S. veteran hires someone to end his life. He tries to break the contract only to discover he is a part of a larger conspiracy.

Quentin Thomas is unable to cope after the loss of his wife, Renni, of forty years, to cancer. He spirals into an abyss of destructive behavior. Quentin attempts suicide and fails when his gun misfires. And his reckless behavior with the police almost gave him what he longed for.  His children are helpless to pull him free from the grip of despair; they are also grieving the loss of their beloved mother. Quinton’s behavior lands him in jail. His daughter Shayla implores him to seek therapy. He agrees to a meeting at the VA hospital. But his anxiety overwhelms him as he approaches the main door. He instead visits a local bar to drown his sorrows and inadvertently overhears two men plotting a murder. Hopelessness consumes him; he convinces the men to end his suffering for $10,000 dollars. 

TOLL BOOTH CHRISTMAS

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For three weeks, West has dreamt about a woman he thinks could be his Spark—who could reignite his passions and dreams.  Several more weeks pass, and his hopes dwindle; he has to accept she is nothing more than a dream. Another uneventful night comes and goes; he prepares to leave. He peers from his booth, checking for vehicles in his lane. A silver BMW pulls up in lane two. West watches intently; the window slides down almost in slow motion. He looks closer; he blinks several times; his heartbeat quickens. It even skips a beat. It can't be; he stares, it's impossible, yet there she is. In the flesh, bold and beautiful – the very women he hoped and prayed existed.

The very woman he spent sleepless nights about, the one to pull him from the depths of despair. He's frozen in time for a moment, but his heart tells him to move closer to her. He boldly pushes the booth door open. He steps into the lane with a single purpose: to get to her. But his tunnel vision impairs him. The blare of the car horns snaps him back to reality, forcing him to retreat. The traffic is thick and intense. He can do nothing but fixate on the car as it drives away. He even thought of screaming over the sound of the traffic, telling her to stop and wait. He knew he would be speechless if she stopped, gazing into her mesmerizing eyes. He stood motionless with a bittersweet smile until her car disappeared into the horizon. Embracing a renewed sense of hope, the woman he once dreamt about is no longer a dream. A real person he can touch, hold, and possibly, one day, share an intimate kiss with. He moves with purpose, vigor, and enthusiasm for the first time in a long time.

Project Name

Zoe Duran

COLOR SCHEMES

Logline: A brilliant scientist is framed for murder by his employer. He infiltrates the company after developing a formula that changes his appearance and skin color.

Myles Jenkins is an African American scientist who created a formula to change his appearance and skin color to white. He developed the formula after faking his death in prison. Thought to be dead, he goes underground to refine and test the formula. After successfully testing the formula many times, he implements his plan. He infiltrates his former employee with his new white skin. His web of deception begins to unravel when the formula fails to transform him back to his original skin color. Panic sets in, and Myles discovers a fatal flaw in his plan for revenge and redemption. Overzealous, along with improper testing, caused irreversible side effects. Myles is now permanently white. Justice has come at a significant cost. He must now exact his revenge before he is discovered or loses his own identity as a black man. Going from one prison to another, trapped in the skin of a white man. Myles' world further collapses when a white coworker steals his formula, tests it on himself, and commits murder in his new black skin.

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Project Name

Zoe Duran

Project Name

Zoe Duran