Dark Testament
Dark Testament
Short
· Historical · 10 pages
In 1931, a young Pauli Murray is hopping trains out west disguised as a man. After an altercation with a railroad cop on a refrigerator train, Pauli meets a girl at a "hobo camp" who can see through the disguise and much more.
Written by
Josalynn Smith and Alicia Louzoun-Heisler
1 Accolade
Accolade Highlights
Quarterfinalist,
Slamdance Screenplay Competition 2022
2 Writers
Brooklyn, NY
Josalynn Smith is a queer black filmmaker and recent graduate of Columbia University’s Film MFA program. They are a two-time Alfred P. Sloan Awarded Screenwriter, a past finalist at Tribeca, SAGIndie, and Sundance, and currently incubating several feature-length projects.
Los Angeles, California
Alicia Louzoun-Heisler is a story editor on the James Patterson Audible series "Murder in Bermuda" and winner of the Patty Abramson Emerging Playwright Award, Goldberg New Play Prize, and Best Screenplay at Fusion Film Festival. Her work has been recognized by Sundance Film Institute and Athena Film Festival Writers’ Lab. She holds an MFA from NYU T...
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