(Screenplay, first episode of a 3-part series)
Written by: Winston LaCroix
Registered Belastingdienst, The Netherlands
Logline:
The MAHWAH - Amsterdam is a family adventure about a teenage girl who is selected to be the Earth's 'New Messiah' by an alien race living in Amsterdam. The world watches, LIVE, as Ashleigh and her TV reporting father face the ULTIMATE EVIL.
Synopsis:
Extreme weather conditions around the world have left thousands homeless. The Congo Republic is invaded by terrorists with weapons far superior to any know defenses. The newly elected woman President is having nightmares and believes that the Devil is at work, consequently, she is trying to be ousted from office. She dispatches her friend, the Reverend Taylor and his assistant, Karen, to research these occurences.
Ashleigh McMillan, a teen, and her father, Kennedy, a TV News Reporter, take a vacation to Amsterdam to rest and help Ashleigh recover from her re-occurring dreams. They meet an alien race that live hidden in the city of Amsterdam. They tell them that Ashleigh is the MAHWAH, new Messiah, who will save them and the Earth from invading aliens. The invading Aliens are seeking the ore that they kept when fleeing their planet. An ore that is used as a power source for the invader's weapons. An ore that gives the Ashleigh such abilities as: telapathy; kinetic movement of objects by thought; the ability to fly and in the case of Ashleigh, the ability to collect and transmit the emotion of Love.
The MAHWAH - Amsterdam is the introduction to a three-episode adventure. Episodes II and III follow Ashleigh and her father as they broadcast, live, the war waged on US soil by the invaders. President Hughes must fight her battle with politicians seeking her resignation. Ashleigh's father confronts Ashleigh's mother, The President, who had left to continue her career when Ashleigh was born. On the Alien's planet, the young Davrah must lead his people in an escape . The evil forces assemble to invade Earth. It takes a teenage girl's ability to collect the Love in everyone, globally,to combat the Judgement Day that awaits them.
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