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FINDING BLUEFIELD, LOOKING TO SELL THE FILM RIGHTS TO MY NOVEL
By Elan Barnehama

GENRE: Drama
LOGLINE: Finding Bluefield tells the story of two women who, by seeking love and family, found themselves navigating unknown territory during a time when relationships like theirs were mostly hidden and often dangerous. Set against a background of segregation, MLK march on Washington, JFK election, Woodstock, the South, the moon landing, the Sanctuary Movement, etc. the novel is a personal (not political) story.

SYNOPSIS:

When Barbara arrives in Bluefield, VA, to begin her medical residency, she plans to spend a few uneventful years focused on work, in a town where no one knows her. Everything changes when she enters Nicky’s diner and her life as she falls in love against her better judgment. The free-spirited Nicky later attends the 1963 March on Washington and impulsively and anonymously sleeps with a man in hopes of getting pregnant and starting a family with Barbara. After Nicky gives birth to Paul, her sister steps in to adopt Paul for his own “protection.” Nicky, Barbara, and Paul escape Bluefield and make a life in upstate New York, only returning to Bluefield years later upon hearing of the death of Nicky’s sister. As their journey comes full circle, Barbara, Paul, and Nicky find their return to Bluefield is the catalyst for facing family secrets and forging family ties.

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