AMEN, AMEN, AMEN!!
Dark Comedy Crime Pilot by Kyla Sylvers
LOGLINE: Trying to get her con artist mother out of prison, a struggling young woman finds a way to turn her life around after she has a divine encounter at a megachurch.
WRITER BIO: Kyla (*pronounced Kayla* - ask her about this lifelong typo) Sylvers is a writer, actress, director, producer and nerd, originally from Chicago and currently residing in NYC. She was most recently a staff writer and producer for WWE (yes, wrestling!). As an independent creative, her award-winning short, THE BLACK BANSHEE -- which she wrote, produced, and co-starred in -- explored the idea of a super-powered Black woman saving those closest to her by intersecting real-world issues with supernatural drama. The project was featured in ESSENCE MAGAZINE and the accompanying pilot has placed in ISA FAST TRACK’S TOP 50 FINALIST list and the TABLE READ MY SCREENPLAY TOP 100 list. Her other work includes the sci-fi fantasy pilot, EGATU, a SUNDANCE AND MACRO TV LAB FINALIST. It has also gotten her generals with multiple production companies. Her supernatural short, THE NAKED EYE, has been an EMERGING SCREENWRITERS semi-finalist while her fantasy short, EVERGREEN, has been THE FUTURE OF FILM IS FEMALE semi-finalist. In addition, she was recently a grant recipient for her solo piece, CHAOS AT 26! OR MAYBE IT’S NOT SO BAD. It was produced by Moxie Arts and The Tank theater in the Fall of 2021. Her dark-comedy crime web series SEX, VLOGS, AND KIDNAPPINGS -- which she wrote, directed, and starred in -- was recently released on YouTube and has over 85,000 views and counting. The series explores her passion for Black women having positive sex experiences and it has an accompanying pilot of the same name. With all of these projects, Kyla is bending genres, taking risks, and making stories her way. She’s excited to keep expanding and subverting the expectation of what black women can do in this business and this world. The nerd in her would be proud.
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