Cynthia Neale

The Irish Dresser Series Period Piece  A young Irish woman who survived the Famine lives in chaotic 19th-Century New York and seeks a new life, but faces racism and a kidnapping before meeting an Irish rebel and becoming involved in the Young Ireland Movement. A shipwreck destroys her dreams, but out of the ashes she becomes a milliner and rises to fight for justice helping slaves escape to freedom. This is an American story of self-creation through sheer grit and imagination.

Blue Vega Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama It’s 1970 in upstate New York and teens, Gene and Joe Bellidochi, are poor, good-looking, and the only Italians in town. Lorna, 38, is their single, sultry jazz singing mother with five kids. When Social Services threatens to put Lorna's children in foster care, a rusty blue Vega rolls into the driveway and life changes for the Bellidochi family. This is a gritty and sweet coming of age story filled with music that reminds us love can reign.