Depression era siblings are forced by their maniacal father to collect coal along the railway tracks in the freezing Montreal winter.
Type:
Short
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
5pp
Genre:
Biography, Drama, History
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
Everyone
Copyright Details:
WGA Registration Number: 2087875
Synopsis/Details
Five English siblings in 1930 Montreal must coal from the railroad that stretches along the St. Lawrence river. Their father refuses to let them inside until their wagon is full, despite the freezing temperatures. The boys are beaten up by French boys who are also searching for coal. The siblings return empty-handed, and their father forces the eldest boy to stay outside all night as punishment.

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Submitted: 2020-Nov-13
Last Updated: 2020-Nov-13
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The Writer: Christopher McClure

After receiving my PhD in political philosophy, publishing a book with Cambridge University Press, and doing a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University, I decided my real calling was screenwriting. I’ve been a reader for the Austin Film Festival screenplay competition and I write and produce the fiction podcast, The Milkman of St. Gaff’s. I can read Plato in Greek and was briefly the bass player in a Kiss cover band. Go to bio
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Manager: Ken Atchity