OUR KIND OF PEOPLE - 8th NETWORK DRAFT 12-21-20
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EXT. OAK BLUFFS - ESTABLISHING 4 The camera sweeps past Victorian summer homes as MAIDS and STAFF open them for the season in Oak Bluffs -- the sub- section of Martha's Vineyard where elite African American families summer. ANGELA (V.O.) Lies. Worlds have been built on them. And lifetimes. And families. Even mine... More HELP cleaning pools and removing tarps from luxury cars-- ANGELA (V.O.)
I was five years old when I learned my family's secret. That there is a difference between Us and Them. They had money and big houses. And daughters that got tiaras at sixteen. We were the help. Mama was a maid.
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INT. ANGELA'S CAMRY - DAY 5 CLOSE ON A MANE OF NATURAL HAIR. This is ANGELA VAUGHN (36). Her big hair always arrives in the room before she does. Angela is "fashion-forward boho with a militant twist." She might rock an "I'm with Kap" tee with a vintage Dior skirt. She's driving AN OLDER MODEL TOYOTA CAMRY convertible. ANGELA (V.O.) And the only crown I've ever had is the one growing out of my head. Sitting next to Angela is her mother's sister, PATRICIA WILLIAMS aka "AUNT PIGGY" (60, working class, saucy). Piggy's hair is having a fight with the wind. Angela's daughter NIKKI VAUGHN (17, ebony-skinned, broody) sits in the back seat lost in thought, a SMALL WOODEN BOX on her lap. The car whizzes past a sign: "WELCOME TO OAK BLUFFS." Angela can't help but take in the beauty of the coast. ANGELA Is this what heaven looks like? PIGGY
Angie, you got us riding around, hair blowing, like white women selling shampoo. ANGELA We're selling more than shampoo. We're selling freedom and identity.
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