Blood Libel

Blood Libel

Television (One-hour) · Historical · 78 pages
Status: Financing
As a medieval city struggles with civic tension, a young monk finds himself trapped at the center of history's deadliest homicide investigation when he reopens the unsolved murder of a local boy. Based on the story of William of Norwich.
Written by Jenn Jeffers
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Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship 2020
Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Drama Competition 2020
Finalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Spring 2020

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Jenn Jeffers
San Francisco, CA
As a writer of 25 years, Jenn Jeffers has dedicated the last three to retelling the original story of antisemitism for the screen, now illuminated in an 8-hour anthology series called Blood Libel. Using a heady mix of drama and legitimate history, her work informs the human experience while also breaking down old belief systems.

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Blood Libel is an 8-hour medieval thriller based on the story of William of Norwich, an English boy whose death marks the first known accusation of ritual murder against the Jewish people. Set against the storied backdrop of 12th-century Norfolk, and inspired by one surviving Latin manuscript, it explores the crossroads of history and myth. A murdered boy, a vulnerable community, and a horrific accusation. This is blood libel, one of the deadliest legends to emerge from the Middle Ages, first composed by a crusading monk of Norwich who sells his soul for a saint. Chilling, cinematic and rooted in history, Blood Libel is an ode to the dark romance of Shelley and Poe, an undeniable truth wrapped in a vivid dream and animated through a historical lens. This story is both fact and fiction, history and imagination, all wound up into a medieval whodunit with real-world consequences, especially for the people who endured them. But don't be fooled by the religious overtones. This epic drama is about the power of mythology and its terrific hold over human history.