EXILE
GENRE
One-Hour Scripted | Prestige | Historical Fiction | Historical Drama
SUB-GENRE
Action | Suspense | Thriller
SHOW CROSS
Narcos/The Bridge/Unauthorized Living (Popular Spanish Telenovela), Meets The Count of Monte Cristo
FORMAT
Multi-Season | Six Seasons (Minimum)
SPINOFF SERIES
YES! Multi-Character Franchise
THE WORLD
Two Time Periods - Intercut - Present Day - 1975 - 1980 | Flashbacks - Post-Cold War - Cuba 1960s
SHOW STRUCTURE
Intercut - Present Day Miami - 1975 - Each Season Dedicated to a Year - 1976 - Season 2 | 1977 - Season 3 |1978 Season 4 | 1979 Season 5 | 1980 Season 6.
Each Episode & Season CUTS back to Cuba - 1960s - tracking the history/backstory of our main ensemble Cuban Character Cast
SHOW AESTHETIC/MOOD
50s/60s Noir Post-Cold War / Polaroid Palette Miami 1975
Logline/Synopsis:
A non-stop, pulse-pounding, historical-fiction period piece, Exile is best described as a Cuban Count of Monte Cristo. A classic story of love, betrayal, and revenge set in two time periods - Cuba 1950s/60s and Miami 1970s. Exile is a multi-season historical fiction, one-hour dramatic series that braids fascinating historical facts with adrenaline-pumping fiction that produces compelling, prestige, binge-worthy tv.
A cold-war-style historical fiction thriller set in Cuba and Miami over twenty years, this classic "love, betrayal, revenge" story is set in motion when a Cuban Military Officer is betrayed by his colleagues, framed for murder, and thrown in jail the night before his wedding. All he can think of is revenge. Thirteen years later, he escapes the horrors of Castro's Cuban prison, arriving in Miami, where his former military comrades and their high-society Cuban wives all live successful, high-profile lives. All of that is about to change.
• Quarter Finalist, WeScreenplay TV Writing Competition
• Semifinalist, Screencraft Virtual Pitchfest Contest
• Finalist, Writer's Digest Screen/TV Writing Contest -
2nd place from 230+ National Submissions ($525 prize money)
• ScriptXpert - Script- Consider | Writer -Consider
• WeScreenPlay - Script - Consider
"EXILE" THE TV PILOT REPURPOSED AS
A SHORT STORY & A SHORT FILM SCRIPT
"BEFORE EXLE" — A SHORT STORY
Using the long-form treatment of the series (27 pages) - presenting high-level story engines and character arcs, etc., that reflect the potential for multiple seasons, the short story narrative prose drew upon "back story character elements" that powerfully demonstrates episode and season potential.
The short story commences at the point in which the inciting/key incident of the TV pilot/show begins, AND THEN, going "backward" from there rewriter produced a literary narrative of the "lives" of these characters that weave together key storyline/story engine elements that comes full circle, bringing us "back to today/present time" of the show/series.
The short story is intended to demonstrate the interesting, fascinating world inhabited by a wide range of diverse Cuban characters not often seen on network/prestige television.
SHORT FILM SCRIPT — "ON MY WAY TO EXILE"
Using the TV Pilot, "Exile," as source material, Mustard wrote "On My Way to Exile,” a 31-page short film script whereby Mustard excerpted key scenes from the pilot but also created/added new scenes representative of the back story of some of the series’ key characters. The short film’s goal serves as an exciting extended teaser/trailer for the tv series reflecting this fascinating post-cold war world set in Cuba & Miami.
PUNCHLINE | INDUSTRY RECOGNITION
• STAGE 32 - GLOBAL WRITERS PLATFORM
• Writer: Consider | Project: Consider
Punchline | Awards
• LAUNCH PAD PROSE WRITING CONTEST
• The short story moves to Second Round
• COVERFLY
• Mustard's story was recognized as the Number One Historical
Prose Fiction on Coverfly, a prominent Industry Registry and
Web Platform For Writers, Producers, and Film/TV Industry
members, earning this prestige top spot from many thousands
of writers from the U.S. and throughout the world.
BOYCOTT
GENRE
One-Hour Scripted | Prestige | Historical Fiction |Historical Drama
SUB-GENRE
Action | Suspense | Thriller
SHOW CROSS
Thelma & Louise, Erin Brockovich, Norma Rae Meets Newsies, and Yentl
FORMAT
Six One-Hour Compelling, Highly Bingeable Episodes
SPINOFF SERIES
YES! Multi-Character Franchise
THE WORLD
New York City, 1902 | Lower East Side
THEMES
Women/Female Empowerment, Immigration, Discrimination, Bigotry, Labor Issues, Patriarchy, Aspiration, Achievement
TRANS-MEDIA
YES! Written/Scripted as a dramatic, Historical tv series, the Writer has created/written and produced lyrics and songs (6 Songs- One-Hour of Music) for a Stage Play Musical.
Logline/Synopsis
In this one-hour, dramatic, historical fiction, limited series inspired by real-life events, two immigrant women in NYC Lower East Side in 1902 take on the nation's powerful business monopoly - the Beef Trust, and win. This three-week event not only changes their lives but the course of US history, including giving a voice to women suffering from oppressive patriarchy. A powerful Bechdel and Four Quadrant series, Boycott is the single most important female social activist story that's never been told.
“Boycott: A NYC 1902 Hip Hop Musical
Apart from the TV Series, with a spinoff pitch already written, "Boycott" has also been envisioned as a Hamilton-Style Hip Hop Musical Stage play, with six songs and 60+ minutes of music written and produced.
The storylines of the seven children in the show, ages 8 - 17, all play a significant role. Their characters' subplots contribute significantly to the series's broad appeal and emotional resonance, as each child emerges a hero in their own right.
AWARDS
• Quarter-Finalist Page International Screenwriting Awards
(Top 10% from 1200 Global submissions)
• SemiFinalist BlueCat Screenplay Writing Contest
(Top 35 from 650 National Submissions)
• SemiFinalist ScreenCraft Summit Virtual Pitchfest
• Finalist Creative World Awards
(Top 10% from 200 One-Hour Dramatic Pilot Show Entrants - 2500 Global Contest Submissions)
• Finalist - Writer's Digest Screen/TV Writing Contest
(Top 10, 230+ National Submissions)