We’ll be reviewing her script and learning how and why she came to choose this subject.
LOGLINE: Praised and condemned in equal measure, famed 12th century queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine struggles for self-determination in the historical drama series Aquitaine.
She must fight for her place in a marriage and kingdom that want to control who she is, while surviving the cutthroat politics and family drama of the French courts.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Sarah Zeiser has a BA in Medieval Studies from Smith College and an AM and PhD in Celtic Languages & Literatures and Medieval Studies from Harvard University, where she is currently an Associate of the Department of Celtic and Project Manager and Special Assistant to the Dean of Arts & Humanities. Her pilot script Aquitaine won the Gold Prize in the TV Drama Pilot category of the 2018 PAGE Awards and she earned an Honorable Mention in the NewEnglandFilm.com Fellowship and a place at the 2018 Stowe Story Labs.
LOCATION: 66 Winthrop Street, Cambridge, MA
TIME: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
COST: $20.00
Wish you had the script but don’t? Write to genine@hsswriters.com to have a copy mailed to you.
And join us after the meeting at Russell House Tavern for celebratory drinks and snacks. 2019 is going to be a great year!