SATELLITES

6.23.2019

SUNDAY JUNE 23RD, 2019

6:39PM EST

LIKE GREASE LIGHTNING

I WANT TO BE IN A MOVIE WHERE IM IN COLLEGE RIGHT?  

AND IM RAW I’M RETARDED IM CUT LIKE THAT WHERE I’M TRYING TO FURTHER MY EDUCATION AND I MEET THIS GIRL AND SHE RAW BUT SHE DONT REALLY F WITH ME SHE F WITH THIS OLE BASKETBALL PLAYER BUT IM LIVING LIKE THAT (THEBASKETBALL PLAYER) BUT SHE AINT LIVING LIKE THAT AND THEN I GOTTA CHANGE FOR HER KINDA LIKE GREASE LIGHTNING WHEN I STEP TO HER WHERE I’M PRESIDENTIAL. I’M PRESIDENTIAL WHEN I STEP BUT STILL THUGGING IT THOUGH RAW.

6:51PM EST - 7:34PM EST

6.23.2019

THREE ACTS - SIXTY SCENES

ACT ONE

SCENES 1-20

SCENE ONE:

FADE IN ON: DAYTIME - 11:00AM EST - 2.1.2019 - INT - GATES LIVING ROOM

    WE SEE GATE’S RIGHT HAND HOLDING THE ENVELOPE. THE ACCEPTANCE LETTER.THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF LOUSIANA. HE RECEIVED A FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP TO THE UNIVERSITY WITH A 4.0 GPA. HE IS IN THE ROOM ALONE. “ WE FINALLY MADE IT”

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SCENE TWO: DAYTIME - 1:00PM EST - 2.2.2019 - INT - MALL

    WE SEE GATES BEGINNING TO SHOP FOR THE DORM ROOM. HE IS WITH MOTHER AND LITTLE BROTHER. HE IS STARTING TO BUY EVERYTHING HE WILL NEED IN THE DORM ROOM FOR THE UPCOMING SEMESTER. HIS MOM AND LITTLE BROTHER DISCUSS WITH GATES HIS IMPENDING MAJOR AT THE UNIVERSITY. “ECONOMICS,FINANCE AND BUSINESS.

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SCENE THREE: DAYTIME - 9:00AM EST - 5.27.2019 - INT - SCHOOL AUDITORIUM

    WE SEE GATES AND HIS ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS OF 2019 WALKING THE STAGE, BEING HANDED THEIR HIGH SCHOOL OR TECHNICAL DIPLOMAS. GATES WAS GIVEN A SCHOLARSHIP IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS GPA AND HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. HIS UNCLE IS IN THE CROWD.

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SCENE FOUR: DAYTIME - CONTINUOUS - INT - SCHOOL LOBBY

WE SEE GATES EMBRACING HIS UNCLE JOSEPH CHARLES. HIS MOTHER’S YOUNGER BROTHER BY FIVE YEARS. JOSEPH AND GATES POSE FOR THE MOTHER’S CAMERA ALONG WITH GATE’S YOUNGER BROTHER CHARLEY. GATES AND JOSEPH TALK ABOUT THE DINNER THAT NIGHT AT JOSEPH’S.”JOSEPH IS THE BOMB COOK. THE BEST COOKED FOOD ON THE BLOCK, ANY BLOCK HE HAS EVER LIVED.”

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SCENE FIVE: NIGHT TIME - 9:00PM EST - EXT - JOSEPH’S DRIVEWAY -

WE SEE JOSEPH OUTSIDE THE DOOR, AWAITING HIS FAMILY MEMBERS. GATES, THE MOTHER ANNETTE AND CHARLEY EMBRACE JOSEPH. THEY GO INSIDE. JOSEPH ASKS GATES “YOU GOT LAID TODAY?” “NO, (SMILES) I GOT PAID TODAY.” THEY HEAD INSIDE JOSEPH’S RESIDENCE.

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SCENE SIX: NIGHT TIME - CONTINUOUS - INT - JOSEPH’S DINING ROOM -

    WE SEE JOSEPH, ANNETTE, CHARLEY AND GATES SITTING AT THE TABLE. JOSEPH IS SAYING GRACE. “HEAVENLY FATHER WE ASK YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS US IN EVERYTHING RIGHTEOUS WE DO HEAVENELY FATHER, WE EVEN ASK YOU TO WATCH OVER  OUR LOVED ONES AND TO EVEN WATCH OVER THOSE WHO PERSECUTE THINGS AGAINST US HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK YOU BLESS OUR ENDEAVORS GREATLY HEAVENLY FATHER, IN YAWEH’S NAME...AMEN.”

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SCENE SEVEN: NIGHT TIME - CONTINUOUS - INT - JOSEPH’S LIVING ROOM -

    WE SEE GATES AND HIS UNCLE JOSEPH ALONE IN THE LIVING ROOM. JOSEPH IS SPILLING HIS HEART TO GATES. JOSEPH IS GIVING GATES A TASK TO DO AS HE HEADS OFF TO THE STATE UNIVERSITY TO BRING HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS. “COME BACK FOR ME. I NEVER WANTED TO DO THIS FOREVER. HELP ME GET OUT OF HERE. I WANT OUT OF THIS PLACE SO BAD. PROMISE ME YOU’LL GET THOSE DEGREES AND GET US ON UP OUT OF HERE?” “PROMISED. I’LL GET YOU.”

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SCENE EIGHT: NIGHT TIME - 11:00PM EST - 5.27.2019 - EXT - JOSEPH’S DRIVEWAY

    WE SEE JOSEPH, ANNETTE, CHARLEY AND GATES LEAVING JOSEPH’S RESIDNCE AND ENTERING THE FAMILY MOTOR VEHICLE. THEY BUCKLE UP. THEY DRIVE OFF. JOSEPH WAVES. THEY WAVE BACK. THEY’RE GONE. JOSEPH GETS A PHONE CALL. “YES, I’M HOME, SEE YOU WHEN YOU GET HERE.”

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TITLE CARD - OPENING SEQUENCE - LIKE GREASE LIGHTNING

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SCENE NINE: NIGHT TIME - 11:30PM EST - 5.27.2019 - EXT - ANNETTE’S DRIVEWAY

    WE SEE GATES, ANNETTE, AND CHARLEY EXIT THE VEHICLE. THEY ENTER THE HOUSE. THEY TALK ABOUT HOW THE GRADUATION DAY TURNED OUT ON THE WAY INSIDE OF THE HOUSE. GATES INNER MONOLOGUES ON THE DAY HE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL. “THE FIRST DAY OF ADSULTHOOD HAS BEGUN. THIS IS MY FIRST SUMMER AFTER PUBLIC SCHOOLING AND MY LAST SUMMER BEFORE STUDYING AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING MY FAMILY. MOM AND UNC HAVE ALWAYS HELD ME DOWN AND I WANT TO HOLD THEM DOWN AS WELL. CHARLEY TOO, LIL BRA’S INCLUDED.”

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SCENE TEN: DAYTIME - 11:00AM EST - 9.1.2019 - INT - GATE’S BEDROOM -

    WE SEE GATES WAKING UP IN HIS BED. IT IS THE DAY HE MOVES INTO THE DORM. THE STATE UNIVERSITY IS CALLING FOR HIS PRESENCE. THE DAY HE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR IS HERE. HE MADE GOOD MONEY ON THE STREET THIS SUMMER, HIS FIRST SUMMER WITHOUT ANOTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL YEAR FOLLOWING IT. INNER - LOGUE - “I MADE BANDS THIS SUMMER. I USED SOME OF THE BANDS TO DECORATE THE DORM. LIVING LIKE THE BASKETBALL PLAYERS WHO RODE IN THEIR ON A FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP AS WELL AND ALL.”

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SCENE ELEVEN: EXT -

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ACT TWO: SCENES 21-40

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SCENE ONE:

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