5/5
It’s a Friday night in the summer of 98′. For two teen girls, tonight is everything. Because tomorrow, it all changes….
- Drama
- United States
- 2022
- 14 min
The 15-minute drama opens with an infomercial about the Evans Institute – a company that can transfer talent from one individual to another. We are then introduced to Lucy (Shanica Knowles) and her soulful vocality. Grief-stricken by the death of her partner, Lucy finds her self pregnant and in a state of financial and emotional insecurity. During an unappreciated busking session, a passer-by allocates her a leaflet to the Evans Institute – which she considers after an unkind rejection from a music mogul. Lucy subsequently meets Brenda (Raquel Gardner), an affluent housewife who wishes to buy Lucy’s talent for her teenage daughter. Their conversation is guided by the personal sacrifice of motherhood. Brenda offers Lucy an undisclosed, albeit substantial sum of money. Lucy has a vital decision to make.
The 15-minute drama opens with an infomercial about the Evans Institute – a company that can transfer talent from one individual to another. We are then introduced to Lucy (Shanica Knowles) and her soulful vocality. Grief-stricken by the death of her partner, Lucy finds her self pregnant and in a state of financial and emotional insecurity. During an unappreciated busking session, a passer-by allocates her a leaflet to the Evans Institute – which she considers after an unkind rejection from a music mogul. Lucy subsequently meets Brenda (Raquel Gardner), an affluent housewife who wishes to buy Lucy’s talent for her teenage daughter. Their conversation is guided by the personal sacrifice of motherhood. Brenda offers Lucy an undisclosed, albeit substantial sum of money. Lucy has a vital decision to make.
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