Four misfit teenage girls form an all girls band. Years later, their own feral daughters try and win a song competition & recording contract.
Type:
Feature
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
100pp
Genre:
Comedy, Family
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
13+
Synopsis/Details
Feral Female Kangaroos is a coming-of-age script that is written along the lines of “ Josie and the Pussycats", Mean Girls, and " The Breakfast Club". The story starts in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1981. Cricket Green is working and secretly living in Etta’s Place, a Blues nightclub that she cleans and performs in. Coyote Willis is the owner and encourages her to start her own band. After getting thrown in detention for fighting again, she is singled out by Mrs. Rumba, the music teacher, along with three other girls who have shown amazing musical talent. She makes the girls work together on writing and creating songs. They enter a band competition, and just before they go on, Cricket runs and breaks her ankle, ending up alone, outside in an Iowa snowstorm. They never get their chance to perform. Years later, the girls all end up with teenage girls that attend their old high school. Payback is a bitch. Mrs. Rumba is now the Principal and takes the girls under her wing. She asks them to learn their mother's song, but they never get to sing. They enter a band competition, hoping to play their own song that they wrote to win. The day before the competition, Cricket's husband is killed by a heart attack while jogging. The girls have so much heart that they perform through the sadness, winning the competition.  I believe the strong, diverse female cast would appeal to today's teens and mothers everywhere. I got the inspiration from living in Des Moines, Iowa, in the 1980s punk band scene and being a little lost myself. https://youtu.be/yzt7g9U2bKA?si=QFqZQrilOaxAXdMJ
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The Writer: Lisa Penner-Dang

Lisa Penner Dang Accolades Second Round Selection International Screenplay Association Fast Track Fellowship. Brigid of Dingle. Spring 2025. Semi-Finalist. Emerging Screenwriters Animation Competition. Muffin Butt Society. June 2024. Quarter-Finalist. Emerging Screenwriters Animation Competition. Muffin Butt Society. June 2024. Second-Round Selection. International Screenplay Association Fast Track Fellowship. Fall 2023. Official Selection. Oaxaca FilmFest Mexico. Mony a Mickle Maks a Muckle. Winter 2022. Quarter-Finalist Chicago Screenplay Awards Mony a Mickle Maks a Muckle. January 2022. Quarter Finalist. Boston Screenplay Awards.Vampires of the North End TV Pilot. Winter 2022. Semi-… Go to bio
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