SCREENPLAY: SILENT MAIDS’ REBELLION
(DRAMA)
LOGLINE: After a young black maid is gruesomely raped and murdered by a white man in his posh Manhattan apartment, America braces for a domestic upheaval, as a nation of rebellious black maids, plot to yank all black maids from the posh homes of white, wealthy housewives.
SYNOPSIS: For centuries black women have labored silently in the swanky homes of whites, many times under denigrating circumstances.
Domestic maid RUTH SIMMON quietly scrubs her employer’s kitchen floor on her knees. But RUTH’S tranquil morning is shattered when she’s suddenly pounced upon, raped and murdered by JOHN KERR, the lustful husband of RUTH’S employer, ANN KERR. Later ANN defends her husband JOHN as ace detectives clear JOHN of committing any crimes. To compound the anger brewing among black maids, a clan of apathetic prosecutors also refuses to indict or prosecute JOHN for allegedly victimizing a mere black maid.
Now reeling with explosive anger RUTH’S maid friends ROSA JEZEBEL and BUFFY now retired, set out to avenge RUTH’S deplorable death. With ROSA presiding as president, the tenacious retirees rapidly organize POMMA, an anti-maid organization designed to extract all black maids from the luxurious homes of white, wealthy housewives, nationwide. A nation of eager black maids has now joined POMMA. Thus, as a plethora of undomesticated white housewives, resist losing their indispensable black maids, a volatile domestic war erupts between aggravated white women and their fiery, denigrated black maids.
Alas, without warning and while demonstrating in Alabama, POMMA’S President, Rosa, is slain by members of the KU KLUX KLAN. As POMMA reels and staggers to its feet from its first major setback, can its new leaders, JEZEBEL AND BUFFY, succeed in yanking black maids from the posh homes of white, wealthy housewives?
This is a challenging and incendiary script, written to be produced on a low budget.
Laex2886@aol.com
Max Alexander Malloy
(DRAMA)
LOGLINE: After a young black maid is gruesomely raped and murdered by a white man in his posh Manhattan apartment, America braces for a domestic upheaval, as a nation of rebellious black maids, plot to yank all black maids from the posh homes of white, wealthy housewives.
SYNOPSIS: For centuries black women have labored silently in the swanky homes of whites, many times under denigrating circumstances.
Domestic maid RUTH SIMMON quietly scrubs her employer’s kitchen floor on her knees. But RUTH’S tranquil morning is shattered when she’s suddenly pounced upon, raped and murdered by JOHN KERR, the lustful husband of RUTH’S employer, ANN KERR. Later ANN defends her husband JOHN as ace detectives clear JOHN of committing any crimes. To compound the anger brewing among black maids, a clan of apathetic prosecutors also refuses to indict or prosecute JOHN for allegedly victimizing a mere black maid.
Now reeling with explosive anger RUTH’S maid friends ROSA JEZEBEL and BUFFY now retired, set out to avenge RUTH’S deplorable death. With ROSA presiding as president, the tenacious retirees rapidly organize POMMA, an anti-maid organization designed to extract all black maids from the luxurious homes of white, wealthy housewives, nationwide. A nation of eager black maids has now joined POMMA. Thus, as a plethora of undomesticated white housewives, resist losing their indispensable black maids, a volatile domestic war erupts between aggravated white women and their fiery, denigrated black maids.
Alas, without warning and while demonstrating in Alabama, POMMA’S President, Rosa, is slain by members of the KU KLUX KLAN. As POMMA reels and staggers to its feet from its first major setback, can its new leaders, JEZEBEL AND BUFFY, succeed in yanking black maids from the posh homes of white, wealthy housewives?
This is a challenging and incendiary script, written to be produced on a low budget.
Laex2886@aol.com
Max Alexander Malloy
