Screenwriting

AMMA

 

Half-hour Dramedy Pilot

 

Still recovering from a severe loss, a Ghanaian-American girl with identity issues joins a program for Black and Jewish teens, deals with her first love, and tries to find her place within the Black Lives Matter movement.

 

Placements

  • Finalist for the 2021 Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab Writing Track
  • Semifinalist for the 2022 Mentorship Matters Program
  • Semifinalist in Final Draft’s 2020 Big Break Screenwriting Contest
  • Second Round of Mike Gauyo's 2022 Black Boy Writes & Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative
  • Quarterfinalist in the 2021 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition

 

Available on Coverfly and the Black List

 

SIGHT

 

One-hour Sci-fi Drama Pilot

 

After a young Black woman is attacked by a police officer in Baltimore and sent to prison, a visitor from the future gives her a power that could radically rewrite the present.

 

Placements

 

  • Top 50 of Roadmap Writers' 2021 JumpStart Writing Competition (Pilots) 
  • Semifinalist in the 2020 ScreenCraft Virtual Pitch Competition
  • Semifinalist in the 2020 ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenwriting Competition
  • Semifinalist in the 2018 MACRO Episodic Lab powered by the Black List, which was conducted in partnership with Lena Waithe and Eva Longoria
  • Quarterfinalist in the 2019 ScreenCraft Pilot Launch TV Script Competition
  • Quarterfinalist in the 2018 Script to Screen contest organized by BET and Issa Rae’s ColorCreative
  • Received an overall score of 8 on an evaluation from the Black List.

 

Available on Coverfly and the Black List

 

NOT YOUR BLOOD

 

One-hour Horror Drama Pilot

 

At a crossroads in her life, an ambitious Black attorney general must confront the demons that have literally haunted her family since slavery.

 

Placements

  • Finalist in the 2023 Harvardwood Writers Competition

 

Available on Coverfly and the Black List

 

CHRISTMAS IN THE CAPITAL

 

Comedy Feature

 

A Ghanaian-American NFL star is poised to finally tie the knot with his tech mogul girlfriend when he learns that she has just bought his team without telling him, throwing their plans for a traditional Ghanaian engagement ceremony into turmoil.

 

Available on Coverfly and the Black List

 

LOVE IN FORMATION

 

Comedy Feature

 

When an embarrassed former Olympian returns home, she tries to capitalize on her infamy by joining a viral women’s football league team, but she struggles to bond with her estranged sisters and open her heart to finding love again. 

 

Available on Coverfly and the Black List

 

REPATRIATION (Co-written with Jazmine S. Dorsey-Kwansa, Esq.)

 

Dramedy Feature

 

An upwardly mobile African-American family that is frustrated with racism tries to start a new life in the West African nation of Ghana and develop an app-based tour-guide company that can connect all Black people to their roots.

 

Placements

  • Semifinalist in the 2020 ScreenCraft Virtual Pitch Competition

 

Available on Coverfly and the Black List