4400 Ariana Jackson 2nd Rev Network Draft 1/19/21 38.
A GROUP OF PROTESTORS including LaDonna has created a human blockade in front of the food -- LADONNA
We’re not spending another minute here without some answers. And give us our phones! PROTESTER No one eats until someone tells us when this will end!
As the chorus rises, the Guards head towards the group, one speaking urgently into his walkie. Mildred whispers to Hayden -- MILDRED Oh, I hope this doesn’t get bad... I don’t know why everyone’s so upset. This place is nice and they feed us and, I mean, they’re just trying to help us figure out what happened, right? Hayden doesn’t answer, but a mix of emotions flashes across his face at Mildred’s words -- sadness, regret, worry . ANGLE ON: Andre and Claudette look on, concerned -- ANDRE Do you think Miss LaDonna will... maintain discretion? CLAUDETTE I think she’s scared. And doesn’t like being powerless any more than anybody else. Just then MORE GUARDS swarm in, fan out in military formation. ASSHOLE GUARD Everybody needs to stand down. NOW. You are in the custody of the United States government. You are being housed and fed with our tax dollars. So you need to step aside and let us do our jobs. But the protesters stand their ground. Asshole Guard pulls out his BATON, holds it to his side, menacing. BACK WITH: Mildred and Hayden. Mildred stares intently at Asshole Guard’s baton. It wobbles just a bit in his hand until --
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