Torch

Feature · Drama · 108 pages
Status: Spec
A disgraced black former basketball star mentors a brilliant but badly abused white 12 year old at the boy's home where he works while the Rodney King trial unfolds in 1992 L.A. As their bond grows, the trial draws to a close and racial tensions threaten to explode.
Written by Jason McBeth
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Portland, Oregon
An award winning spoken word artist and Shakespearean actor, Jason became a ward of the court as an infant and spent his entire childhood in the California foster care system in various group homes, foster homes, and correctional facilities. He now divides his time between the stage and television where he was most recently seen on Westworld seaso...
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Good Will Hunting meets Short Term 12, in the world of Boyz n the Hood.