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Written by Frank Paiva Directed by H. Adam Harris
The Ozempic apocalypse killed everyone except Denise and Michael. They’ve been living at Disneyland for the past five months, but the fun is starting to wear off. The Last Two Fat People in America is a comedy about the joys and sacrifices of best friendship. Denise and Michael are outsiders turned heroes who must find something to love about the world in order to save it. But how do you save the world when it feels like you never belonged there in the first place?
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Written by Diana Yifei DaiDirected by TBD
1886, Northern California. A Chinese vampire, Liang, terrorizes a town on the Transcontinental Railroad. In uncovering the truth about the accident that killed their father, Zhu, and turned Liang into a monster, Erya learns about the men’s lives as Chinese workers on the railroad and as lovers. A romance and a horror, Thirst asks what makes a monster, and what unmakes one?
Written by Zharia O'NealDirected by June Carryl
Jax Lennox is the market’s hottest up-and-coming sculptor—just ask their agent. But they've had a...quiet year. When the next big thing out of Jamaica makes a splash in the local art scene, Jax finds themselves in a stirring deadlock that threatens to unravel their world...and a massive secret lurking in their studio gets much, much harder to bury.
Written by Louis Reyes McWilliams Directed by TBD
You know it as the neighborhood where Dodger Stadium now stands. But before that, Chavez Ravine was the only place you could buy land in Los Angeles if you were Latino. El Barranco is the story of the displacement of the Mexican people who once lived there and the ramifications of that removal on the generations to come. What happens to a family that can't go home? What becomes of a barrio that's destroyed? And how do we reckon with the traumas of our past?
Written by Ryn Stafford Directed by Tramaine Raphael Gray
On a single block of cement, an influx of people gather for an afterparty. Three friends practice a Tik Tok dance; a paparazzi tries to get the skinny from a security guard; people on the fringes aspire to inspire in a setting of people doing the same. At any given moment, Rihanna is supposed to unfurl out of a limousine and give the people what they want–but until then, they will have to wait.
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Written by Habib Yazdi Directed by Kareem Fahmy
Long ago, in 2010, as Obama enters the second year of his presidency, a retail proprietor named Arty struggles with a string of robberies that plague his regionally successful chain of dollar stores. Yearning for something eternal, his crafty accountant Steve pieces together an unusual playbook of ads and maps. Integral to the plan are two overworked, underpaid employees, Aisha and Sameh, with ambitions of their own. Together they set off on an adventure to remake the Great South, the American Midwest, and maybe even one day, Canada. A workplace comedy where everything is for sale.
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