Welcome to my blog, where I share my passion for screenwriting and the stories I've crafted. Although I am self-taught in the art of screenwriting, I have honed my skills through extensive reading of scripts and consistent practice.
Screenwriting is a beloved hobby of mine and while I am aware that breaking into
On this blog, you will find a diverse array of original screenplays and reinterpretations and continuations of beloved films. Please note that as a work in progress, my writing may contain errors and not always adhere to proper grammar. I thank you for joining me on this journey and I hope you will find my screenplays to be entertaining to read.
Additionally, these scripts are part of an ongoing video mini-series project in the development phase.
"Disclaimer: The story presented in this script is based on movie scripts that were provided by movie studios and reported by various news outlets and websites. The characters and events depicted in this script are not fictional and have been drawn from publicly available information. The script is not intended to be a factual account of the events that occurred and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. This script is being created for the purpose of creating a possible screenplay for educational, social media, and/or television, and the author does not claim any ownership or originality of the story."
Synopsis
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"Crazy Blues," tells the story of Mamie Smith, a Black American blues singer who rose to fame with her hit song "Crazy Blues" in 1920. The song was recorded by OKeh records and sold 75,000 copies in its first month alone and generated up to $1 million in revenue for the label, making it a phenomenal success for the era. Mamie Smith has been dubbed the Queen of the Blues and is considered America's first pop diva. The song opened the door for generations of Black artists to follow and proved to record executives that there was a market for music by Black performers and a vast audience of African-American consumers with disposable income. However, despite her success, Mamie Smith died broke in 1946 and was buried in an unmarked grave.
The story then shifts 67 years later, to a group of fans who began a successful campaign to acquire and erect a headstone for Mamie Smith's grave. The campaign raised over $8,000 that funded the creation of a four-foot-high etched granite headstone featuring an image of the late blues singer. The monument was erected with great fanfare at Frederick Douglass Cemetery in Staten Island, New York, on September 20, 2013. Excess funds from the campaign were donated to the cemetery for grounds care. "Crazy Blues" is a story of a trailblazer who laid the foundation for future generations of Black artists, despite facing the challenges and prejudices of her time, and a testament to the enduring legacy and influence of her music.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t39mU_evuH2rOc55FbwIlj_6SZ41aTQA/view?usp=sharing
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