My Mother Es Mi Madre
My Mother Es Mi Madre is a feature length dramedy that follows Jess’s journey through the loss of her identity, the uniting with her birth family, its impact on her adoptive family and the effect of the two families colliding.
All that matters to Jess is that she finds the truth of who she is. She doesn’t consider what it might do to others. Her birth mother slams the door in her face and Jess returns the next day even more determined to gain entry. The initial obstacles to finding her identity and her birth mother pale in comparison to bringing the two families together.
The McHales, her adoptive parents, believe that Jess was the gift that made their thriving family possible. Jess is the “leader of the pack.”
The Colons, Jessica’s birth parents, believe the baby died at birth and have never discussed it with their two sons. It is a private wound, a deep scar running through the family that is ripped open with the ring of a doorbell.
The meeting of the McHale and the Colon families results in revelations for everyone.
If Jess exposes a lie will she reveal the truth or destroy a family?
By the time she realizes what she has done is it too late?
What is the domino effect of grappling with truth?
Illegal Justice
Inspired by real events from 2013 to 2017 in Vienna, Austria, this is the story of one woman’s choice to release her prejudices and reimagine the meanings of law and justice.
llegal Justice is a feature length drama about the conflicts of personal choice and responsibility, the impact of societal and family training, our response to those different from ourselves, the rights of privilege, the ability of law to solve social issues – are a few of its themes.
Shelter
In a TV Cop drama the police station is the heart of the series. In my TV series about women and domestic violence the Shelter is the heart of the series. While each individual has a separate story the issue is the same and it is time to explore its dynamics. Stories have been gathered from across the country and put them together at a new kind of shelter in New York City. I believe by seeing these stories we can become more open and informed about the issues that keep domestic violence ever present in our society and across the world.
Orientation
This is a work in development. It came out of the TV series Shelter and focuses on four women and their first day at a woman’s shelter. For one of the women this is her 5th “first day”. The Authority is not sympathetic to their plight. She is more interested in what is for lunch than the four persons in front of her.