Bringing the project to its present stage has not been easy. After receiving an NEH scripting grant, Kahn-Leavitt worked with Fayer and another writer before deciding to take a stab at writing it herself. Kahn-Leavitt's recognition that she needed to write the script herself was a key moment in the project's development. I pulled more all-nighters writing the script by the NEH deadline than I had since college. Now the task is to convince enough other funders of the project's worthiness soon enough that she can launch production with the same cast and crew.
People are really interested and seriously considering it.
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