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Synopsis
After her brother Michael falls off the grid, Carrie travels to LA to find out why he disappeared during the LA riots. She enlists the help of her ex, Sweet–T. With the involvement of a reporter, the city comptroller, gang members, a Mexican family’s young son, and a TV news reporter, they work through the minutiae of the LA riots and the LAPD’s manipulation to find her brother is dead. While asking questions necessary to find out who killed him and why, the two conclude the police and guns are involved and confront the mayor. The two are abducted by an undercover cop who agrees to turn states evidence, but then is suddenly killed in a hit & run. You must read this script to see how Carrie and Sweet-T work through this violent, riotous period in Los Angeles and what they uncover.
Bio
Dawn Kirk-Alexander is a Writer/Producer from Michigan residing in LA that focuses, and documents so called history. The more she research’s and the further she digs she realizes history is a fictional narrative put upon events that happen. This belief provoked her current feature “LA UNCOVERED,” which investigates the 1992 L A riots and the possible conspiracy behind them. LA Uncovered placed as a quarterfinalist in the 2023 Academy Nicholl Fellowships. Also, as the mother of a young African American male, she creates projects with a deeply felt commitment to his safety and the safety of others. Thus, she has written, produced and directed the Impact award winning documentary “Chi-Town Guns & Gun Violence & the NRA”. Dawn is also the Writer/Producer of the award-winning documentary “They Are Not All Lost,” which has national distribution via PBS. In addition to several award-winning commercials and public service announcements for TBWA/Chait/Day and Grey Advertising, while being a line producer for as several music videos directed by F. Gary Grey (Straight Outta Compton, The Italian Job). Dawn is a winner of the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Award for her screenplay “Madness,” and expertly trained through the Roadmap Writers program!
Awards History
Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting 2023 - Quarterfinalist
