Model Minority

  • 95 pages | Crime | Drama

When his grandmother becomes the victim of an anti-Asian hate crime on the streets of New York, a young Chinese American man takes the ensuing investigation into his own hands as he seeks justice and revenge, but doing so will open up a slew of unforeseen repercussions and the complicated moral questions that come with them.  

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“The crackling social relevance and complex, nuanced character work of films like FRUITVALE STATION finds equal measure, in this script, with the urgency, desperation, and simmering vengeance of films like MAN ON FIRE, offering up a strikingly understated and compelling morality tale that in some respects almost seems to recall films like A SIMPLE PLAN in its masterful examination of unintended consequences.”
 – READER #1 COMMENT
“Layered atop its smart, thoughtful, and provocative thematic underpinnings are moments of poignant emotionality.”
 – READER #2 COMMENT
“The last two acts move at such an incredible pace, and the plot take turns down certain roads that some may not expect.”
 – READER #3 COMMENT
“More poetic and impactful than a standard popcorn blockbuster, it may find the greatest success in the independent space, but there, it feels as though his prospects to cross over and go big are beyond promising.”
 – READER #4 COMMENT

A New Beginning

  • 92 pages | Adventure | Crime | Drama

In a post-quake Haiti, a disillusioned ex-prison guard and a young mother living in the tent camps unite to rescue her daughter from the kingpin of a notorious gang who escaped when the prison collapsed.

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“A NEW BEGINNING could offer a fresh voice to cinema. The premise promises a peek into a world not often seen… Grand in scale but with a very human touch, it’s a masterclass of plotting. An emotional ride that doesn’t gloss over reality with characters we invest in and care for. It’s a tour de force executives should take note.”
 – READER COMMENT

A 2020 Nicholl SemiFinalist

“I most enjoyed the examination of people’s lives shattered beyond hope, in terms of moral equivalency as the big theme of the script.”

– JUDGE’S COMMENT

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A 2020 Page Awards QuarterFinalist

“…an engaging combination of action/thriller plot and tone, a real world historical setting, socially relevant themes… The character ensemble is beautifully written… All the characters are rich in contradictions…”

– JUDGE’S COMMENT

The 50th State

  • 109 pages | Crime | Drama | Thriller

In 1937, Honolulu’s first Asian American detective investigates the murder of a childhood friend and socialite that spirals into a web of deceit, corruption and conspiracy meant to alter the course of Hawaii’s history.

(scripts available upon request)