Loglines & Screenplays by Brian Karl

GENRES: Historical

Drawn from historical events, Cybersyn: The Computer and the Socialist is a political drama centered on a radical techno-initiative in Chile in the early 1970s. Launched during the socialist revolution led by Salvador Allende, the Cybersyn project was an early attempt to use computer-based systems to better manage the output of the nationalized industries of Chile. Peak moments of action in the story include the successful maneuvers by the Cybersyn team around a transport blockade against the government, fascist street gangs’ violent assaults on leftists as part of an ongoing political conflicts as well as the Chilean military’s attacks on the Presidential Palace during the coup that led to Allende’s overthrow and death along with the imprisonment and exile of most Cybersyn principals.

GENRES: Drama

Visionary, hack, or scammer? Melton Barker was an itinerate filmmaker who, between the 1930s and 1970s, produced, directed, and screened hundreds of short films based on the same slim, original script, which mashed up elements of Our Gang and the Lindbergh kidnapping. Starring thousands of kids from across America. Barker’s films documented small town America and fueled the Hollywood aspirations of generations, while leaving his own dreams and motives elusive.

GENRES: Comedy

Dry Erase is a female-centered satirical series pairing the absurd world of
startup finance with the resilient working-class people impacted by modern
technology.