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WELCOME

We’re Gabriell Debear Paye and Hester Schell, Co-Head Writers, and Richard Stride, producer and co-writer of INVISIBLE.      
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Thank you for supporting independent film and the artists who make it happen. You’re here because you probably care about creative voices, bold stories, and a better world. So do we. Join Us!  

We seek your help with "seed" funding. We believe in our story to entertain, enlighten and bring enjoyment to audiences. The momentum is real — and growing. 
Your generous donation gets us one step closer. 

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WHY THIS STORY
There’s an epidemic of marginalization, an undeniable feeling of being ignored - which strikes women and accelerates as we grow older. Marginalization also affects LGBTQ folks, people with disabilities, the un-housed, and many other communities. This film shines a light — with humor, heart, and hope.

INVISIBLE focuses on a teacher who suddenly loses everything she holds dear on her 50th birthday. Even in crisis, she helps others in need and in the process, gets a new lease on life, falls in love, proving that life after 50 is amazing and anything but invisible!

  OUR MISSION

We tell stories to spark change. We focus on social good, the environment and especially stories which uplift elder women, underrepresented communities, and anyone who’s ever felt unseen.

Distinguished British producer/actor/writer Richard Stride has joined the team as a co-producer and co-writer. We are building the necessary marketing materials needed to reach deep industry connections. 

YOUR DONATION FUNDS

• A powerful teaser/sizzle video

• Market outreach to connect with production funders

• Building our UK production team

OUR JOURNEY
Gabriell and Hester met in 2009 at Harvard Square Script Writers, a peer supported writers' group in the Boston area. We started writing together in 2015. Our script was "optioned" from 2022 to 2024. We declined to renew and headed back out to the pitcher's mound. This included reaching out to actors who'd be right for particular roles, which led to Richard, who brings vision and passion, and his relationships inside the UK film industry to move us closer to production. 
Accolades:

• Semi-Finalist: Women Who Write in Film

• Quarter-Finalist: Portland Screenplay Competition

• “Recommend” from ExtremeScreenwriting.com

HOW CAN YOU HELP       

• Donate — every dollar and pound moves this film forward

• Share the campaign

• Like and share our posts to boost visibility

Help us bring INVISIBLE to life — and make sure these stories are anything but unseen.

SYNOPSIS
As HARRIETT turns 50, her worst birthday ever, her world shifts and people no longer notice her. Harriett’s husband runs off with a younger woman, she loses her job, and friends and family suddenly have no time for her. After a near mental breakdown, she meets LIONEL (58), a one-legged street musician in a wheelchair, ignored everywhere he goes. She pursues him to learn the rules of invisibility for people who feel marginalized.

Harriett hits the streets to test Lionel’s theory: Only see each other and they’re everywhere.
A deep connection between Harriett and Lionel is sparked when they help a homeless teenager deliver a baby on the street. Harriett tracks down Lionel’s lost-in-the-system prosthetic leg. Standing now on two feet, the attraction between them is strong. But Harriett's adult son, thinking his mother deserves better, drives Lionel away.

Harriett forges on, envisioning a way to support the disenfranchised she sees all around.
Using her divorce settlement, she buys a fixer-upper to create a community center and thwarts her ex-husband’s luxury condo development on the same property. She puts homeless men to work fixing it and helps the teen mother. On her 51st birthday, Lionel returns and “The Visibility Center” opens. Lionel and Harriett dance the night away.        When the invisible team up, they create a force that can’t be ignored.

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PITCH DECK