A Quality of Mercy

A man is gifted with a unique opportunity to step into the shoes of others, and experience the trauma of a sexual assault from the perspective of a woman. His life forever changed by the actions of others, he finally gains understanding at an immeasurable cost.

  • Vanessa Ionta Wright
    Writer
    Rainy Season, The Stain, Permanent Damage, Goldentooth
  • Project Type:
    Short Script
  • Genres:
    Horror, Drama
  • Number of Pages:
    8
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Writer Biography - Vanessa Ionta Wright

Vanessa Ionta Wright is an award winning filmmaker based in Atlanta. She has written & directed several short films including a fully authorized Stephen King adaptation. She is currently in development on her first feature film. Vanessa graduated from Ohio University with a degree in Video Production & Film. She is a lifelong fan of cinema, and has founded and runs the Renegade Film Festival, an event focused on marginalized voices in genre cinema. Her philosophy of filmmaking is that, “there are no limits to what we can accomplish or create. Find your tribe and tell your story.” She enjoys punctuality, scary movies, a quick wit, sandwiches, the music of Michael Jackson, Halloween & Bacon Jam. She does not enjoy bugs, clowns, perpetual lateness, mean people, oppression, laziness, running more than 3 miles or curved walls.

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Writer Statement

This was written for a competition about the horrors of being a woman. It was also written a month before the overturning of Roe V. Wade, which I never believed would happen. It makes this story all the more creepy with that foreshadowing. This story is inspired by the John Landis segment of Twilight Zone The Movie and is names after the original series episode, "A Quality of Mercy".