THE DIARY OF MARIA GONZALES

KEN MASK STUDIOS - as PROD

Drama - Development 2024

The struggles of border crossing are logged by a 12 year Central American female.

    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Drama, Female director, Action/Adventure
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Synopsis
    • Log Line
      The story of current US Southern border immigration prisons
      is told from the perspective of a young girl.

      1 INT. MODEST, SPARSE BUT CLEAN HOME IN CENTRAL AMERICA 1
      CLOSE UP. The brown hands of an eager, bright eyes 12 yo
      Hispanic GIRL set against the black and white keys of an old
      upright piano. She is attentively searching for the correct
      keys in an attempt to play an arrangement of “Here Comes the
      Sun.” Her motions are slow, steady and intense.

      Music. The mother, ANNA, 30 yo neat modestly dressed and worn-
      eyes glance enters with two other children in the back ground

      ANNA
      It’s time Maria.

      This interrupts her song. We follow the hands, arms and scan
      the neck and face of the girl who is both scared and
      confused. She frowns and half smiles.