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Thursday, November 2, 2023

The Burial – for your consideration - post author Don

Thanks Bob and Barksid for the heads up on this from Amazon MGM

The Burial – 4/22/2022 – Green Revised draft script by Doug Wright and Maggie Betts (Story by Doug Wright (Based on The New Yorker Article by Jonathan Harr)) – hosted by: Amazon MGM Studios – in pdf format

Inspired by true events, when a handshake deal goes sour, funeral home owner Jeremiah O’Keefe enlists charismatic, smooth-talking attorney Willie E. Gary to save his family business. Tempers flare and laughter ensues as the unlikely pair bond while exposing corporate corruption and racial injustice in this inspirational, triumphant story.

Information courtesy of IMDb

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– Don

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