In Development
Writer Jezabel Montero, along with her Fuacata Films team are currently working to bring you new and fresh perspectives, from the LGBTQ, Latinx and female community. Here is a sample of a few of her projects. For more info on the projects, from scripts to pitch decks contact info@fuacatafilms.com
Lizzy, Gary, Bebe & Trish - Que?!
animated series - half hour
A half hour animated comedy series that follows a group of diverse friends as they navigate the multicultural challenges of their work, sex and meddlesome families.
The Duke and Duchess of Queens
Feature Film
Two children from different worlds grow up and fall in love in 1970's Queens, NY, but when one of them moves away, their lives take a drastic turn for the worst.
The Orangaples
half hour comedy series
A coming of age comedy about a group of teenage Latinas from the Big "Apple" who meet in a Florida high school and are forced to live amongst the "Oranges" in the hurricane black hole, mosquito infested, sweaty swamp, that is Miami in the 1980's.
The Most Dangerous Woman in America - limited series
Mary Harris a.k.a. "Mother Jones," survives the Irish potato famine, yellow fever, two life altering fires, the death of her whole family and imprisonment only to be labeled the "most dangerous woman in America' and to disappear in our history books; but to the consternation of big business and admired by laborers, she will equally be known as the most influential union organizer of the 19th and 20th century.
Who's Harlot Is It, Anyway?
Feature film - satirical comedy
Here's the TRUE story - mostly - of the most infamously misunderstood woman in the bible, the brilliant, outspoken, powerful, innovative Queen Jezebel told from an historical perspective. Soooooo, not by men.
Finding Papi
Feature film - comedy
Two Latina women discover they are sisters - half - and decide to go on a road trip to find their biological father. In the California, desert they discover that blood may not be thicker than water, especially when you're thirsty.
