TITLE: JEHU
WRITTEN BY: Dawn Brown
FORMAT: Screenplay / 12 pages
GENRE: Historical Drama
WRITER’S GUILD WEST: #2004037
SETTING: Mid 1800’s, California
LOG LINE:
Famous stagecoach driver was the first anatomical female to vote in an election, 1868.
SYNOPSIS:
JEHU (driveth furiously) is based on the true story of a woman whom everyone thought was a man. And as this man, she learned to use a whip and drive a stagecoach during perilous times, the California Gold Rush. She became the first anatomical female to legally vote in a federal election, 1868, fifty-two years before women were allowed that privilege.
SONG: WORLD WAS FOOLED