Xian Elder

Xian lives in Los Angeles and is the recipient of the de Groot Foundation’s Writer of Note Award for his incendiary play #NWORD. He also directed, co-wrote, and produced the award-winning cult favorite short film THE BIG MEET. His work has appeared at LA Shorts Fest International, Hill Country Film Festival, and the Greater Urban Cleveland Film Festival, among others. He is a former quarterfinalist for the Nicholl Fellowships and has appeared in several segments of YouTube’s Film Courage, discussing his insights on writing and movies. His second short POLYVORE, a romantic comedy about relationships in the digital age, is presently on YouTube’s popular platform Omeleto — “the home of the world’s best short films.”

Xian lives in Los Angeles and is the recipient of the de Groot Foundation’s Writer of Note Award for his incendiary play #NWORD. He also directed, co-wrote, and produced the award-winning cult favorite short film THE BIG MEET. His work has appeared at LA Shorts Fest International, Hill Country Film Festival, and the Greater Urban Cleveland Film Festival, among others. He is a former quarterfinalist for the Nicholl Fellowships and has appeared in several segments of YouTube’s Film Courage, discussing his insights on writing and movies. His second short POLYVORE, a romantic comedy about relationships in the digital age, is presently on YouTube’s popular platform Omeleto — “the home of the world’s best short films.”

Scripts

#NWORD

by Xian Elder

Cast Size
4
Genre
drama,
tragedy

Vaughn, the Black mother of an eight-year-old boy named Memphis, confronts Mack a white real estate broker at an open house in Soho. A video posted online captures Mack’s daughter, Hazel, calling Memphis the N-word on the school bus. Accusations of racism are debated between the school administration and parents. The conflict has repercussions on each woman’s marital lives. Eventually, Mack, Vaughn, and their...

Vaughn, the Black mother of an eight-year-old boy named Memphis, confronts Mack a white real estate broker at an open house in Soho. A video posted online captures Mack’s daughter, Hazel, calling Memphis the N-word on the school bus. Accusations of racism are debated between the school administration and parents. The conflict has repercussions on each woman’s marital lives. Eventually, Mack, Vaughn, and their husbands Tom and Jake evolve past the incident and become good friends. Until betrayal reveals itself and ugly tensions rise to the surface again.

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