A brilliant mathematician sets out to prove a famous lost painting is a forgery. But some people would rather have her dead than have her proof.

SYNOPSIS:

Autumn, 1985. A man on a Harley shoots the curves of Oregon’s Highway 101 too fast, as waves pound against a rocky shore 300 feet below. In a few moments, Elliott Kahn – one the most preeminent neo-expressionist artists of his time – will die in a fiery crash. His death will occur on the eve of a much-anticipated exhibit of his new work, the first in a decade.He will take with him a secret that won’t unfold for 30 years.Now flash forward 30 years to NYU, where Naomi Kahn gives an inspired TED-style lecture on turbulence – describing that wondrous place where mathematics, nature and art converge. She’s Elliott Kahn’s daughter. She’s a rock star of the math world. And her life is about to be turned upside down. Somebody has been running a multi-million dollar scam on the art world for nearly three decades – forging Naomi’s dead father’s paintings and selling them through the underworld. But when Naomi suspects that a “newly discovered” Kahn painting is a fake, she realizes she can use the math of turbulence to prove it. Little does she know that people will risk everything to stop her from uncovering the truth.

Turbulence is the result of a collaboration between David Poulshock and Dan Rockmore, Chair of the Department of Mathematics at Dartmouth College. The screenplay recently won the thriller categories at the 2015 StoryPros and Table Read competitions, and has received honors from the Nicholl Fellowships and the Austin Heart of the Screenplay competition.