New York University's Black List-inspired annual selection of the best production-ready screenplays from its Tisch School of the Arts graduate film students and recent alumni, known as The Purple List, has revealed its 2021 picks.
The five screenplays, selected by a panel of industry professionals, are Adrian Cardenas' El Cuento de la Ballena / The Story of the Whale, Raha Amirfazli's In the Land of Brothers, Sontenish Myers' Stampede, Farida Zahran's The Leftover Ladies and Juan Pablo Daranas Molina's Zoe.
The Story of the Whale focuses on a Cuban fisherman who wakes up on the shore next to an enormous humpback whale he netted the night before. "The film is about the value of friendship, the complexities of aging, and the love that can be.
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