Kara, a trained actress, steps into the role of an enslaved housemaid at the historic home of George and Martha Washington. But when she uncovers the harrowing fate of the real woman she’s playing, she decides it’s time to go off script.
In this darkly comic drama, Kara, an actress, gets a last-minute call from a living museum at the home of President George Washington to play enslaved housemaid Caroline Branham.
Kara learns the job as she goes, trying to stay in character as she encounters visitors all too comfortable with the past. Her colleague Pearl—playing Martha Washington—admonishes her to preserve the illusion for visitors. On the grounds, Kara stumbles on a mysterious woman spray painting ‘Lucy’—the woman asks if Kara knows who Lucy is then runs off.
But when Kara finally uncovers Lucy’s identity, she decides it’s time to go off script…
Erin is an Emmy-winning screenwriter and director who makes documentaries, fiction and hybrids. Recently, Erin wrote and directed the fiction short "Enjoy Your Visit," starring Shahadi Wright-Joseph ("Them," "The Lion King), as well as an original thriller, "You Be Me," for Ridley Scott Associates in London where she lives. Erin directed two feature-length documentaries about race in America, Impact of Hate: Charlottesville and The Ballad of Botham Jean, both for October Films / Investigation Discovery. She is seeking finance for a hybrid feature "Civic-Minded Responsible Thrill-Seeking Females" built around interviews she filmed in the nineties about Valerie Solanas, author of "The SCUM Manifesto," who shot artist Andy Warhol in 1968.
Actor - Shahadi Wright Joseph, Actor - Elizabeth Ward Land, DP Idil Eryurekli, Producers Lauren L. Owen, Danae Grandison
