Private Project

This Is Private

Royce Williams, a psychology major during the day, wearily works
nights at a strip club to make ends meet. When her psychology class assigns the students to start working with actual patients in order to graduate, Royce, feeling spread thin, cunningly merges both worlds by using her private dances as therapy sessions. This becomes wildly
successful as the men unexpectedly find satisfaction in conversing,
giving Royce a glimpse of empowered life. On the cusp of graduating with honors, her covert operation comes to a halt when her school finds out what she’s been doing. Feeling like a failure, Royce comes face to face with her own depression, only to find the support system she didn’t know she had.

  • LeAndre Thomas
    Writer
  • Caitlyn Durkin
    Producer
    Top Gun Maverick, Ant-Man, Steve Jobs, Rogiue One: A Star Wars Story
  • Chris Hawkinson
    Producer
  • LeAndre Thomas
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Number of Pages:
    120
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Pasadena International Film Festival
    Pasadena, CA
    March 13, 2019
    Best Director
Writer Biography - LeAndre Thomas

LeAndre Thomas is an award winning filmmaker from Oakland Calif. and the Writer, Director, and Executive Producer for Star
Wars: Visions' "The Pit", an allegorical short film about the disproportionate gap from the ramifications of slavery. The film
debuted on Disney+ May 4th 2023, with Gizmodo stating “LeAndre Thomas’ The Pit truly hit the core of why Star Wars offers
such timeless and essential storytelling.”

LeAndre has been accepted into numerous festivals around the world and won Best Director at the Pasadena International
Film Festival in 2019 for his short film "Mirror". In addition to his independent films, LeAndre is a part of the franchise studio
team at Lucasfilm Ltd. where he has worked for over 11 years. Most recently he has been credited in The Mandalorian, Andor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Book of Boba Fett, Light & Magic, and many more.

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