OUR KIND OF PEOPLE - 8th NETWORK DRAFT 12-21-20
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INT. EPISCOPAL CHURCH BASEMENT - NIGHT 43 Quincy watches as new members are initiated, ending with a final sacred moment: the branding. Quincy stares as Vernon sears the ROMAN NUMERAL TEN onto a new inductee's back. The flesh on his back sizzles. His body jerks but remains still. BOULÉ MEMBERS It matters not how straight the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll. I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul. Quincy runs out of the room. Raymond watches him go -- EXT. EPISCOPAL CHURCH - NIGHT 44 Quincy exits, trying to suck in air. Raymond is on his heels. RAYMOND Son, we don't walk out... Quincy turns, it's now or never -- QUINCY plantation. Making money with your body was something we did when we didn't have a choice. Playing professional ball is not what we do. QUINCY So we can own a team, but I can't play? Frustrated, Raymond grabs Quincy by the collar. RAYMOND People died for this privilege. And you will not throw it away. He lets Quincy loose. Quincy walks off. Off Raymond -- INT. LINKS CLUBHOUSE - NIGHT 45 Now that the moment is here, Angela is slightly intimidated. Leah sits smack dab in the center. Olivia is a breath away. OLIVIA Coach says I’m good enough for the NBA. He secured a spot in a college prospect camp in Vegas this summer. And I want to take it. RAYMOND The NBA is the modern-day
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Ms. Vaughn. I have to say I was surprised to hear your nomination. We don’t really know much about you.
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