Page 19 - PITCH DECK- In the Mouth of the Wolf

a star􏰂making role 􏰂 native New Yorker paving her path 􏰂 strong singer􏰃actor
Denée Benton Zazie Beetz Zendaya Coleman Kiersey Clemons New Discovery
Born in NYC􏰀 raised by a professor and a Jazz musician􏰀 Dee discovers her musical talents at a young age􏰁 After getting her master’s degree in Opera Performance from Julliard􏰀 she’s on track for a big career􏰁 At her next stop􏰀 however􏰀 Dee becomes disillusioned with the wealthy white industry while feeling used by a prestigious young􏰂artist program􏰁 When she meets Lily — the matriarch of a socially􏰂conscious modern opera collective — Dee awakens to a new artistic path􏰁 Lily introduces Dee to Wotan􏰀 a freelance photojournalist making the leap to foreign correspondent􏰁 Wotan feeds Dee’s activism but also causes her to question whether her art can make a difference􏰁
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t before our film begins􏰀 Dee visits Wotan in Juárez􏰀 where he has been reporting on the drug cartel for
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months􏰁 She thinks it will be a romantic adventure but instead spends three days alone in a hostel􏰀 waiting for Wotan􏰁 By the time he finally shows up􏰀 she’s ready for a solution to an unrealistic relationship􏰁 They decide that maybe the fix is for her to have a second partner who lives in New York􏰁 When Dee first encounters Rain􏰀 she sees him as naïve as Red Riding Hood — a cowboy lost in the land of the city slickers — but as their relationship grows􏰀 Dee falls for Rain’s youthful idealism􏰀 which in turn reignites her own passion for grand opera􏰁