BECOMING BESSIE
BECOMING BESSIE
Feature
· Drama · 113 pages
Status: Spec
An adopted Black teenager searching for independence teaches herself how to ride a motorcycle and embarks on an unprecedented solo motorcycle road trip across America in 1931.
Written by
Paloma Riojas
1 Accolade
Accolade Highlights
Finalist,
WeScreenplay Feature Lab 2016
1 Writer
Dana Point, CA
Paloma is a queer chingona who is proud of her Mexican roots. Having lived a life of “otherness,” Paloma strives to create stories that magnify the human experience. Paloma’s writing has been on The Black List’s Latinx List, and her work has premiered at Sundance and Cannes. She’s developing projects at Cedar Park Studios and SB Projects. Paloma has...
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An accomplished documentarian, screenwriter, and breast cancer survivor, Paloma Martinez is a versatile and talented creator. She worked under Diego Luna for years before focusing on her own projects. Has already optioned a project to Mandalay Pictures and is in talks on another with Hulu. Available for representation with feature and TV samples.
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Coverfly VP of Development
An accomplished documentarian, screenwriter, and breast cancer survivor, Paloma Martinez is a versatile and talented creator. She worked under Diego Luna for years before focusing on her own projects. Has already optioned a project to Mandalay Pictures and is in talks on another with Hulu. Available for representation with feature and TV samples.
Tom's Recommendation
Coverfly VP of Development
Additional Project Info
Becoming Bessie is inspired by the unsung legendary life of motorcycle trailblazer, Bessie B. Stringfield, who, as a teen, taught herself how to ride in the 1930s. This coming-of-age story imagines Bessie's remarkable first solo motorcycle road trip in 1931 from Boston to Georgia.