SUE THUNDER, JOHNNY LIGHTNING (2025, Feature Film)
Logline: SUE THUNDER, JOHNNY LIGHTNING centers around a Native American social worker, Sue Thunder, who leads a task force for missing and murdered Indigenous women in Arizona as she uncovers human trafficking and real estate fraud on her reservation.
Synopsis: SUE THUNDER, JOHNNY LIGHTNING follows the story of Native social worker, Sue Thunder, who heads a task force to investigate missing and murdered Indigenous women on the Salt Sun reservation in Arizona. As she forms a new relationship with Italian-American real estate agent, Johnny, Sue uncovers a sinister web of corruption and exploitation orchestrated by a powerful tobacco tycoon and his business partner who are profiting from the trafficking of Indigenous women and girls, while also acquiring sacred Native land through embezzlement and bribery of tribal leaders.
Status: Filming begins in December of 2024.
Investment: Seeking $100-200k of equity investment to add to the $60k already raised.
Credits
Written and Directed by Calogero Carucci
Produced by Calogero Carucci, Alex Cherney, Tyesha Wood, Laura Piffero, Fernando MacFarlane
Cinematography by Katie Mlinek
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