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Black Swan

A group of African-American USAF Firefighters in Post WWII England encounter racial prejudice in Boston, Lincolnshire. A valiant woman publican invites them to drink in her pub. That's where the conflict begins.

  • Donna Pizzi and Philip Thompson
    Writer
    Edge of Night 1984-85, White Tracks, CBS Intl.
  • Project Type:
    Television Script
  • Number of Pages:
    42
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Black Swan Finalist Oaxaca Film Fest PitchFest
    Oaxaca Mexico
    December 22, 2020
    Finalist Oaxaca Film Fest PitchFest
  • Winner, Chicago Film Festival
    Chicago, IL
    Best Documentary & Jury Award
  • New York City International Film Festival
    New York, NY
    Best Music Video
  • Phoenix Comicon
    Phoenix, AZ
    Best Music Video
  • Philadelphia Independent Film Festival
    Philadelphia, PA
    Best Music Video
  • Lionshead Film Festival
    Texas
    Best Micro War Film
  • Columbia Gorge International, Film Festival
    Camas, WA
    Best Music Video
  • Oregon Film Awards
    Portland, OR
    Best Music Video
  • Summit Creative Adward
  • Empix Adward
  • Pixie Gold Adward
Writer Biography - Donna Pizzi and Philip Thompson

Philip Clayton-Thompson and Donna Pizzi of BSEFilms are co-writing Black Swan - a 4-part streaming drama. Thompson is an award-winning filmmaker, who had a stint in Africa making wildlife films, after working at Cygnet Films in London as a tea boy, making tea for the great Cinematographers of the day. Managing Director of Cygnet’s New York office. Directed/Produced for BBC, ZDF, Danish, Swedish, CBS, Orion TV. Ten years in Hollywood with Donna Pizzi working in TV/Film Development Hell. BSE films has 8+ million hits on YouTube.100 million views in magazines. Co-productions with U.K/Swedish/Australian & Polish TV on several documentaries. “Postcards from the Front,” BlackpoolRocksHitler.com Wrote the lyrics to and directed the award-winning film “ARDOYNE” Winner Chicago Film Festival “A Place Called Ardoyne,” etc. In development: 3-part drama GIRL ON A MOTORCYCLE. Donna Pizzi (WGAw) has written for several soap operas, including “EDGE OF NIGHT.” CBS International “WHITE TRACKS” script, “BLACK SWAN” film for producer Gary Goldstein, “RAG TIMES” for Orion TV. Starred on Broadway in “GANDHI,” “SUNSET,” and “THE PURIFICATION” by Tennessee Williams. UCLA Writing Instructor – 10 Years – Editor of 3 Novels. Writer/Stylist for hundreds of national magazines. Actor in “THE GODFATHER.” Presently developing a new documentary "Liberty Ships and the Women Who Built Them", "Mental" a feature film script about a Portland motorcycle cop who enters Isle of Man TT, and a 6 part series titled "Where Penguins Dance in the Moonlight".

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Writer Statement

This drama is based on a true story - mine - growing up in the North of England. Philip Thompson