The 2017 NYU Purple List
The 2017 NYU Purple List
Inspired by the Hollywood Black List, NYU Grad Film presents The Purple List: the top production ready feature screenplays written by students or recent alums of the Grad Film Program. As determined by our faculty and voted on by an outside panel of industry professionals.
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BUTTERFLY CHILDREN by Melanie Schiele
Drama
A furniture craftsman struggles to save his failing marriage and six-year-old daughter afflicted with a rare and debilitating disease, leaving her skin as fragile as a butterfly's wings.
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EXPERIENCE by Taj Jenkins Musco
Drama
A young bus driver faces a crisis of conscience when she discovers a lost love doll on her bus, then secretly befriends the doll’s owner under spurious circumstances.
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ALABAMA SNIPE FIGHT by Bo McGuire
Drama
A young white girl discovers her magic as she fantasizes about joining a black step team in order to escape her racist father.
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