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SHORT FILM SCRIPTt:
TITLE: The Undocumented Lesbian
By John J. Pender Jr.
CAMERA SHOT: TOP OF SOMBRERO. IT STRAIGHTENS AND WE LOOK
INTO THE FACE OF A WOMAN.
LESBIAN
‘Another stinking border town.’
CAMERA SHOT: LESBIAN POINTS UP.
CUT TO:
OUTDOORS: CAMERA SHOT: SIGN: Welcome to Sayreville.
CUT TO:
CAMERA SHOT: CLOSE UP OF LESBIAN’S FACE
LESBIAN
‘You don’t see us…. But we are everywhere. On the border…working
in your house of worship.’
CUT TO:
CAMERA SHOT: SIGN: GENTLEMAN’S CLUB, Naked Women Dancers.
LESBIAN
‘Making our way across the river’
CUT TO:
CAMERA SHOT: Sign: Raritan River
CUT TO:
CAMERA SHOT: LESBIAN’S FACE.
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LESBIAN
‘And
respected, with offices in your corporations.’
CUT TO:
CAMERA SHOT: LESBIAN, WORKING AT A DESK IN A PARKING GARAGE.
CAR PULLS UP TO PARK WITH MUSIC BLARING.
CUT TO:
CAMERA SHOT: LESBIAN AT HER DESK. WAVING AWAY CAR EXHAUST.
LESBIAN
‘Hey! I’m working here!’
CAMERA SHOT: CLOSE UP LESBIAN’S FACE
LESBIAN
‘And why wouldn’t we be corporate? We know how to fit
in…like how to dress for Casual Friday.’
CUT TO:
CAMERA SHOT: ELEVADOR, PEOPLE IN CORPORATE CASUAL WEAR.
SFX: OFF CAMERA: ‘Hold it?’
CAMERA SHOT: LESBIAN ENTERS ELEVADOR. SHE IS DRESSED IN A
CONSTRUCTION HAT JEANS AND WORK BOOTS. NOTICES A WOMAN STARING AT HER.
LESBIANTIPS HER HAT.
LESBIAN
‘I know. Cute huh? Hat works on the beach too. ‘
SFX: TAPS METAL CONSTRUCTION HAT
LESBIAN
‘windy day at
the beach…this hat ain’t flying nowhere….’
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CAMERA SHOT: ELEVATOR
OF BIZ CASUAL-DRESSED PEOPLE STARRING AT HER
CUT TO CLOSE UP:
LESBIAN TO SKINNY MAN
LESBIAN
‘Try
wearing a wide-brimmed, floppy, girly-hat on Fire Island on a windy day…right
honey? ‘
CUT TO:
CAMERA SHOT: SKINNY MAN TRIES TO STAND MORE MANLY
CUT TO:
CAMERA SHOT: CLOSE-UP OF LESBIAN
LESBIAN
‘ We are brilliant citizens…just like you.’
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CAMERA SHOT: OUTDOORS. MAN, HEAD DOWN, TEXTING AND WALKING
INTO A POLE.
LESBIAN
‘America. Think. How lost you would be without us.’
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OUTDOORS: CAMERA SHOT: HOME DEPO SIGN
INT.: CAMERA SHOT: MAN IN HOME DEPO TOOL DEPARTMENT.
CUT TO:
CAMERA SHOT OF EMPTY AISLE
CUT TO:
CAMERA CLOSE UP OF MAN
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MAN
‘Hello? Anybody here? I need a phillips head…
I’m fun. Please wait on me.’
LESBIAN
‘We are
business people.’
INTERIOR: Lesbian bringing work boots to a woman in a shoe
store.
LESBIAN
‘Sexy or what….and they have a steel toe.’
INT.: CAMERA SHOT: LESBIAN’S FACE
LESBIAN
‘And we need a road to citizenship.’
LESBIAN
‘Hell…
we can build our own road to citizenship.’
OUTDOORS: CAMERA SHOT: WOMAN WORKING ON THE ROAD CREW
CUT TO:
CAMERA SHOT OF LESBIAN FACE
LESBIAN
‘All we
need is tolerance. America…can you do it?’
INT.: CAMERA SHOT: MAN’S FACE
MAN
‘Tolerance. I can do it!’
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INT. CAMERA CLOSE UP OF WOMAN’S FACE
WOMAN
‘Tolerance. I can do it!
INT. : CAMERA SHOT: GROUP OF PEOPLE
GROUP OF
PEOPLE
‘Tolerance. We
can do it!’
CAMERA SHOT: CLOSE UP OF LESBIAN’S FACE
LESBIAN
‘Tolerance.
America. I know you can do it.’
LESBIAN LOOKS OFF CAMERA
LESBIAN
‘Let’s
go honey.’
CAMERA SHOT: LESBIAN KISSES A BLACK WOMAN
CUT TO:
CAMERA SHOT:
INTER RACIAL LESBIAN COUPLE WALK OFF HOLDING HANDS.
CUT TO:
INT.: CAMERA SHOT: CLOSE UP OF WHITE WOMAN
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WHITE
WOMAN
‘A White
and a Black woman together? Oh hell no!’
CAMERA SHOT: CREDITS
