THE 84
THE 84
Feature
· Drama · 106 pages
Status: Spec
1968. South Central Los Angeles. Fourteen-year-old Shay takes the #84 bus every day across town to Catholic school. One day, she spots a mysterious man on there with the same unmistakable red hair as hers and knows in her bones it's her long-lost father. Shay sets off on a mission to find him and the process, faces truths about herself and her fami...
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Written by
Sonja Perryman
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Coverfly Recommendations
"THE 84 is an elevated specialty drama written by the talented Sonja Perryman. Exemplified by her ingenuity in assembling a team around her to support her project, Sonja is at the center of the creative drive behind THE 84. ScreenCraft is working with Sonja and her representation to package and source financing for the film. This collaboration is the product of Sonja's willingness and openness to discover pathways to the realization of seeing her work head into production in the near future."
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5 Accolades
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Coverfly Top 1% in Genre/Format
Winner,
WeScreenplay Feature Lab 2021
1 Writer
Los Angeles, CA
Sonja worked as a theater actress by night, substitute teacher by day before falling in love with screenwriting. She has a passion for telling diverse, female-driven stories and was staffed on FB Watch's "Five Points" and is currently staffed on an Amazon drama. Her feature script THE 84 won WeScreenplay's Feature Competition, Nantucket Film Festiv...
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Sonja is making waves in the industry and it won't be long before every exec knows her name. She is currently co-writing a drama pilot for Entertainment One and before that, she was an associate producer for Hulu's 'East Los High: Finale Special' and recently served as staff writer on FB Watch's 'Five Points' executive produced by Kerry Washington. Sonja writes stories that examine complicated, sometimes messy relationship dynamics while always centering humanity and hope with a pinch of humor.
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Additional Project Info
Winner, Nantucket Film Festival's Tony Cox Screenplay Competition Winner, Best Screenplay, Urbanworld Film Festival 2021 Finalist, Outfest Screenwriting Lab, 2021