Freedom Fighters

Freedom Fighters - student project

Act 1 

  • Hook- Elsie May has her Debutante Ball and deals with the death of Ilene.
    • Maya learns of another kidnapping. 
    • Elsie May is woken up to her Mammy Ilene being hung by her father and his hooligans, on the day she is to turn 16. 
    • Maya is watching the news where another young girl is taken again. Assumed to be by “Poachers” 
    • Elsie May gets ready for her debutante ball. All while reeling from the death of Ilene. 
    • Maya is driving her little sister and herself to school when they are T-boned. 
  • Backstory- Maya realizes she has been Kidnapped by poachers 
    • “The Wall” was built after the Revolutionary war when no one won and the North and South decided to separate into 2 countries. 
    • Maya is from Clearwater, Kentucky. Considered ground zero for the wall and border control. Border control protects against Poachers. 
    • Elsie May is from Crystal Lake, Alabama. Slavery is still very pronounced and things haven't changed much since 1864.  
    • Maya’s father is a Captain in the border control and will stop at nothing to see his daughter home safe. 
    • Elsie May’s father is a predominant leader in those responsible for poaching in the North. 
  • Trigger- Elsie May finds Maya in a barn chained up. 
    • Elsie May decides she is going to help Maya, she just doesn’t know how she can go up against her father. 
    • Maya doesn’t know if she can trust Elsie.