POLITICAL Festival Best Scene Reading: HAMMER AND NAILS, by Lowell Williams
BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS • Drama, History
What if someone when into the seminary to bury his own anger? Jonathan Daniels stumbles into the Civil Rights movement and finds himself face to face with moments that viciously try and pierce his peaceful personality. Based on a true story, he joins Stokely Carmichael and other Black activists during the early days of the civil rights movement, eventually making the ultimate sacrifice.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Loretta: Kyana Teresa
Jonathan: Shawn Devlin
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