A CineVerge Vertical Series

Brown Widow

Crime / Romance Thriller

Created by Beverly Neufeld

In Pre-Production

When young Latina Rosie unexpectedly falls in love with a local street-gang leader, she must overcome rival loyalties, violence and the criminal world surrounding him, in order to protect the relationship and herself, by navigating the alliances and betrayals that make loving him increasingly dangerous. “Love is the deadliest affiliation.” Winner, First Place, Samuel Goldwyn Screenwriting Award.

Rosie’s romance places her inside a world where personal affection and gang loyalty cannot remain separate. She wants the relationship but internally must determine how much of herself she will sacrifice to sustain it. Escalating violence forces love and survival into direct conflict. The immediate relationship can resolve tragically or transformatively while the gang, families and surrounding criminal community remain available for wider serialized storytelling.

Season One | 100 short episodes | Vertical 9:16 phone format | Approximately 60-90 seconds each |

Creator

Beverly Neufeld is an award-winning screenwriter, educator, and creator of Brown Widow. She earned an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA and won First Place in the Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards for the Brown Widow screenplay. Her work has also earned recognition from Slamdance, and her professional experience includes screenwriting, rewriting, and development work in film and television. Neufeld has served in development roles and teaches screenwriting at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Drawing on her experience with character-driven storytelling, she created Brown Widowas a crime-romance thriller in which love, loyalty, and survival collide inside a dangerous street-gang world.

Made for the Phone Screen

CineVerge vertical series are designed from the start for mobile phones held upright. Close framing keeps faces, hands, and important objects easy to read on a phone. Short episodes build suspense quickly and end with a strong reason to watch the next episode.

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