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#Western #Crime #Drama

The travels of a lone bounty Hunter in the dead winter of Mississippi, far from civilised land, hunts down his old slave overseer in the search for answers.

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0 Reviews | 66 pages | 4 years ago | Draft 2
On the outskirts of the town of Hill Top, post-civil war Mississippi, Red, a thought to be dead bandit, tracks his old slave overseer, Mr King, in the hopes of finding his son, who was sold to another plantation when he was just a child.

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I think the overall concept of the film is pretty interesting, having a robber in the old South befriending another person while on a mission to commit a crime. However, with that said, having African - Americans as the main characters in this kind of setup, while interesting and gives a different point of view, can be very risky and controversial if you don't portray it correctly, especially considering that it takes place after one of the darke...
This is a really interesting pilot, and though I have some notes on plot and structure, I'm conscious of the fact that this is supposedly a true story, based on the caveat you put at the beginning - therefore, I will give you those notes but won't be as much a stickler for these two things as I tend to be.

Overall, very well-written, full of interesting characters, good dialogue, and good heightening of stakes. I'm curious to find out how Red'...

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