The best way to tell you about my project is to tell you how I came up with idea to do it. Being fascinated with such movie as, A Time To Kill and Capote, I decided to write a film about two mothers struggling to create a better life, not only for themselves, but their children as well.
Naomi Nixon, a fifty year mother of three, and Latoya Nixon, a twenty four year old mother of two have both started overcoming societal issues and are looking forward to the life they both imagined they'd never have. To protect her children from the many dangers of city life, Naomi takes her children from the mean streets of New Jersey to the quiet security of a small town in South Carolina to move in with her mother, Sylvia. Latoya, Sylvia's granddaughter, and her two sons live there as well.
Is Jamestown, South Carolina really safer than New Jersey? This small town is governed by a sixty eight year old cop who has it in for Naomi's nineteen year old nephew Lorenzo, who is a high school drop out and known drug dealer, but wants to return to school and get his G.E.D.
On the morning of November 28, 2003, the morning after Thanksgiving, Latoya, having been approved for her very own apartment earlier in the week, left her sons packing to walk to Lorenzo's house to use his truck. Naomi's fifteen year old daughter, Melissa, wants to help so she follows. Twenty minutes later, the three are standing near the highway talking as the sixty eight year old cop comes driving up, aiming a .12 gauge rifle at Lorenzo. As he instructs the girls to run away, one shot goes off. Lorenzo is shot in the face but lives. This is a .12 gauge at close range, as Latoya and Melissa run away, they too are shot and instantly killed from the spreading pellets. All three are hit with one shot, and now the family has to deal with the murderous cop in court.
What if I reveal that everything I said here is true? It really happened to my family and that is what my script is about. A real story about real people struggling in the south.
Not only is my film a true story, but it will also have an impact on society because the officer who shot them is only serving eighteen months in prison. That's right, eighteen months.
True events are a tremendous source of material. Whether presented in documentary form or dramatized, true events have a natural resonance. Audiences seem drawn to true stories, which in turn provide excellent marketing opportunities. True stories cannot be owned by anyone. The first amendment grants the filmmaker (me) the right to tell a story using his own expression.
For the guerilla filmmaker, many true stories need to be told to promote ideas and impact society. Given these positive attributes, true stories are a natural source of material. A movie such as Boy's Don't Cry, which highlights rape and murder, is compelling because of the awful truth it reveals. As such, the filmmaker had a story she needed to tell and it gained world wide recognition.
This excerpt was taken from The Independent Filmmakers Law & Business Guide by Jon Garon. Page 4.
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A+ A must see! This video is outstanding. A true story about a family and their strive. I love it,
Degrassi123 4 years ago
Thank you for your positive comment about my trailer. The movie is definately going to be an eye opener for the world when it's released. Keep you posted!
antnixus 4 years ago
This is a must see for the world!
antnixus 5 years ago