Mariam Soumahoro

Screenwriter

New York City, New York

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February 2021

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About Mariam

The eldest daughter of Ivorian-Muslim parents and the older sister of two younger siblings. During the peak of COVID, Mariam lost her senior year of high school but found clarity in the direction she wanted to take for her future: filmmaking. That pivotal moment gave her the space to reflect and commit to telling stories that carry a part of her within them. As a woman and someone who champions the voices of Black, African, Muslim, and other women of color, her goal is to elevate women-driven stories across genres. Through her work, she explore themes of identity, nostalgia, mental health, generational trauma, and the dynamics of friendship, family, romance, and heartbreak.

She has experience in screenwriting a number of shorts, a feature, a pilot, and continues to write daily with the countless of ideas that pop into her head.

Her film production experience is thanks to the non-profit organizational film programs that cater to unrepresented youths in NYC.

Gender:
Female

Ethnicity:
African American

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"Finders Keepers" Budget: $1M - $5M | Romance It’s senior year and popular senior, Percy Igwe plans on fulfilling her plans on having her high school sweetheart before the year ends but when Isaac Dunn finds her private journal that entails this, it forces the two to be more involved, not only in each other's love lives, but daily lives.
"The One That Can't And Can Get Away" Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama A young Black and West-African-Muslim woman’s world unravels as her unresolved 'daddy issues' begins to impact every aspect of her adulthood life, propelling her toward a long-overdue confrontation with the father who abandoned her.
"The Girls Next Door" Budget: $0 - $100K | Drama ⋄ Comedy In a quest to soon meet and win her fiancés family over with showcasing polish & poise, a young Muslim woman joins an etiquette program with a cash-prize for the top participant, only to realize her truest competition is not just with the other participants… But herself.