LOG LINE - "ACTS OF GOD"
A black Justice Department attorney investigates a rural church burning, finding himself enmeshed in long-buried family secrets, tensions and scandal, perpetuated by a pastor we discover is his half-brother. But the lawyer’s private agenda is to expose the pastor and others who betrayed him in his youth.
Utilizing the biblical story of Esau and Jacob, the script explores themes of faith, reconciliation and forgiveness, as both characters come to embrace the truth, and the angels of their better nature.
"Acts of God" was a five Finalists out of 8,000 script entries to this year's Austin Film Festival for the Enderby Award, for "scripts with a unique voice that can be produced for under $5million.
The script was also one out of 3 Finalists in this year's European Independent International Film Festival in Paris.
It has currently been selected for a staged reading by the Writers Guild of America, West scheduled for this spring.
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