Johnny, raised to identify as a female as part of his Samoan culture (a little-known fact), ends up in the U.S. on a football scholarship but drops out into a duplicitous world to support his mother and sister when his father is deported to Samoa. #JohnnyKash
Status: Development / Script
Medium: TV / Sitcom
Genre: Dramedy
Status: Development / Script
Medium: Feature Film
Genre: Crime, Dramedy
Days before a damning TV show about her abusive stepfather airs; Ali, a woman of color from Louisiana, drives north to Ohio to meet single dad Todd, who is clueless about her past. #SerialColdCase
Status: Development / Script
Medium: TV / Miniseries
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
York is a freedman at the end of the American Civil War. His goal is to own land, meet the woman of his dreams, Cofey, and raise a family. When falsely accused of murder, York must evade corrupt sheriff JD and his KKK posse, which means leaving Cofey behind in Mississippi with their unborn child. In the background, Agents of Frederick Douglass (AFD), a secret abolitionist network, have been trying to recruit York for some time, but his pursuit of the American dream has stifled their efforts. #YorksStory
Status: Under Shopping Agreement
Medium: TV / 1 Hour Drama
Genre: Historical Drama
A riveting true story about the first (unregistered) African-American student at the University of Mississippi named M.B. Mayfield: during the 1940s Jim Crow era, a reserved young African-American man, with a dream and artistic talent, experienced ample adversity when he began to learn about art from the inside of a classroom's broom closet with the door ajar. #DoorAjar
Status: Under Shopping Agreement
Medium: Feature Film
Genre: Biographical Period Drama
Adaptation of documentary Door Ajar – The M.B. Mayfield Story
A history professor in Memphis Tennessee discovers that the parking lot of the church he attends used to be a slave yard belonging to a general in the Confederate army.
A history professor in Memphis Tennessee discovers that the parking lot of the church he attends used to be a slave yard belonging to a general in the Confederate army.
In 1949, from inside a broom closet through a a door ajar, an African American janitor listens and learns art in segregated Mississippi.
From inside a broom closet through a cracked door, an African American janitor listens and learns art in segregated Mississippi.
During the opioid epidemic, when clean-cut, well-educated Ryan from Mississippi got hooked on pain meds, he was forced to clean houses to make a living. It was the start of a journey of redemption for Ryan and others.
During the opioid epidemic, when clean-cut, well-educated Ryan from Mississippi got hooked on pain meds, he was forced to clean houses to make a living. It was the start of a journey of redemption for Ryan and others.

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