2023 Official Selection: Screenplay – Pilot/Web Series
Barstow, CA 1962. During the hottest month of the year, hard-boiled Detective Ben Perea investigates the brutal murder of a man found in the middle of the Mojave Desert but, his impeccable police record and structured way of life are upended when he begins to uncover a dark secret surrounding the town, a secret that could lead to a killer who may not even be human.
Writer(s): Dominic Abeyta