SAND CREEK – Jane Paulson & Marcy Kelly (Launch Pad)
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Title: | SAND CREEK |
Logline: | The tragic true story of an idealistic Union officer stationed in the remote Colorado territory during the Civil War who struggles against cultural misunderstandings, politics, and greed to navigate contentious peace talks with the local Native Americans, and to protect the tribe from the extermination orders handed down from his superiors. |
Pitch: | DANCES WITH WOLVES meets LINCOLN |
Writer: | Jane Paulson & Marcy Kelly |
Genre: | Period | Western |
Why to Read: | An epic historical Western that chronicles an important and untold chapter in American history, this script is a fantastic feat of historical fiction. The protagonist’s journey is intensely relatable, and its impossible not to get emotionally engaged as he fights for the rights of the Cheyenne and pushes up against unsympathetic army officers. The script is expertly structured, with each scene written to perfection and serving as a small piece of a puzzle building up tension and emotion until the climactic massacre at Sand Creek. The writer has done an excellent job of researching the time, writing in such a way as to place the reader in the period of the Civil War and the frontier life. Above all, this is visceral, alive and, cinematic. |
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