Red Night

Contents:

1  Introduction

2  The Red Night Monologue Video

3  Red Night Products

4  The Red Night Monologue Video Script

5  More Red Night Products

6  Collaborators & Licenses

1  Introduction

There are deep racial divides in American society that I cannot even begin to fathom but after the Unite The Right march in Charlotsville, August 2017, would it surprise anyone, if next summer, Southern “patriots” burned an African American suburb or town to the ground?

This short video is an attempt to convey the horror of that idea in a movie trailer-like way. It’s not a trailer – I don’t have the budget for that – and please forgive my lame attempt at a Yankee accent – I produced the video to start a discussion, not to get an acting gig.

Over to you, America.

 

2  The Red Night Monologue Video

 

Red Night  Monologue Video

 

3  Red Night Products

With Red Night having such a disturbing idea behind it, I’m not convinced that many folks would be interested in these commercial offerings but aesthetically, I find the design quite beautiful – so, who knows?

4  The Red Night Monologue Video Script

In case you can’t see the video, here is the monologue script.

 

TEXT:  Tomorrow could become today

In Donald Trump’s new America

And this idea for a movie

Might become the new reality

VOICE: A woman is driving on a dark, country highway. We’re hearing some modern, slinky, Hip-Hop and from her occasionally harmonizing, we work out that she’s definitely African American. It’s pitch black outside – but there’s an unmistakable glow in the distance. Her hometown is on fire.

As she get closer, the red becomes redder – embers float through the air.

She stops the car and winds down the window, listening. She hears a woman’s shriek – then a scream, then the dull pop-pop-pop of semi-automatic rifle-fire.

Silence.

She takes her handgun from her bag, gets out of the car and and standing still, looks around, listening again.

There’s a noise – she turns and in one movement, raises her gun and slides into the combat pose – must be ex-cop or military. A plus-size body stumbles into the red light, falling painfully – it crumbles to the ground, then crawls slowly towards her, whimpering. When it reaches her, it grabs onto her legs, sobbing.

“Ma?”

Red Night, coming to a theater near you, this summer.

 

5  More Red Night Products

 

6  Collaborators & Licenses

The original photo is by Dino Reichmuth, used under the Creative Commons License.

I have purchased non-exclusive rights to the music, which I have titled, imaginatively, Red Night.