Screenplays

Unique poetry, plays, short stories, children's stories and visual poetry by an American author

Deborah Young's screenplay themes focus on various subjects, i.e., betrayal, admiration, defeat, courage, honor, slavery, abuse, etc.; read Visual Poet's Thirty, 30 Days of National Poetry Month

Deborah Young's screenplay manuscripts will soon be available for productions with organizations that value and respect creative subject matter.

Visual Poetry

Players Of Valor, The Negro League Baseball Visual Poem

Baseball Diamond With Crowd At Home Plate

Excerpt: ...They were all cleverly competitive

Outstanding leaders who blazed trails

They were players of the Negro Leagues

All dedicated to the sheer enjoyment of the game

They were appreciated, respected

And we are ever so glad, they came...

Excerpt from Players Of Valor, The Negro League Baseball

A poem honoring the Negro League Baseball players

Learn about the Negro Leagues Baseball at www.nlbm.com

Visual Poetry

Underground Railroad Visual Poem

Crowd Gathered On The Railroad To Freedom

Excerpt: Paved railroad

They stole away, with their broken spirits, towed...

A poem honoring the escape from slavery

An Abbreviated List Of Deborah Young's Screenplays

Black Pearl screenplay about how a medical emergency hurls a young lady down memory lane

Rhythm, The Rhythm Night Club Story screenplay about the devastating, 1940 Rhythm Night Club fire that rocked the Natchez, Mississippi, African American community. Approximately two hundred and fifty souls perished as a result of the fire; African American citizens of Natchez, Mississippi and eight of the popular Chicago swing band, Walter Barnes and his Royal Creolians

At Last, Love screenplay about a rejected soul who finally experiences unconditional love and acceptance

George and Agnes screenplay of a riveting story of true love in the midst of slavery, in Natchez, Mississippi during the early 1800s

Forks of the Road screenplay about the selling of human beings at the 1800s Forks of the Road historical site in Natchez, Mississippi; ironically positions Natchez to initiate the platform for national racial healing

Reality Slumber screenplay about how the HIV, AIDS epidemic jolts a close knit group of urban professionals

Determined screenplay displays how a young female entrepreneur stands tall despite adversity

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