Powder Keg
Powder Keg
Feature
· Drama · 119 pages
Status: Spec
Set during the 1992 LA Riots, a teenage boy quickly succumbs to the anger and frenzy of the moment, transforming into a full-scale rioter and committing shocking crimes that put him on a collision course with an upstanding police officer. As tensions escalate and the city spirals out of control, the boy and the officer find themselves locked in a de...
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Written by
John McPhaul III
4 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Quarterfinalist,
WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Lab Fall 2023
Quarterfinalist,
Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Spring 2023
1 Writer
Brooklyn, New York
John Charles McPhaul III (He/Him) is a writer and comedian from Sacramento, California. A 2019 graduate of Northern Arizona University with a BS in Creative Media and Film and a 2024 graduate of New York University where he obtained his Master's in Dramatic Writing at the Tisch School of the Arts. He currently lives in Brooklyn, NY and writes main...
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Additional Project Info
Character-Driven Historical Crime Drama