THE TALENTED TENTH
Drama Pilot by Sabah Muhammad
LOGLINE: Eva dreams of becoming an international journalist, first she must land a coveted internship with Philadelphia’s premiere Black Newspaper but her work responsibilities to her family and rivalries with candidates of better pedigree threaten to kill her dreams before she ever has a chance.
WRITER BIO: Sabah Muhammad is an advocate attorney dedicated to criminal justice and mental illness reform. Her one true love is powerful story telling based on growing up Black, weird, Muslim and poor in the bible belt South. As a kid in the Nation of Islam, Sabah Muhammad was the plucky eldest of seven whose spirited intelligence usually earned her a timeout for not being righteous; alone in a room thinking about what she’d done, usually something feminist, proved to be an excellent place to develop characters. Art, as an escape, prepared Sabah for a ten-year acting career that included countless exciting projects like: "The Brooke Ellison Story" directed by Christopher Reeve, starring Jon Slattery and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio; "The Skeleton Key", starring Peter Sarsgaard and Kate Hudson; and a 12-city arena tour, sponsored by Coca-Cola: the Go for It! Roadshow.
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