The Screenwriter's Guidebook: Inspiring Lessons in Film and Television Writing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780883783351)

Christine Houston wrote Two Twenty Seven, a play about her childhood growing up at 227 E. 48th Street, located in what is now known as Bronzeville. She went on to win the ANTA West, the Lorraine Hansberry and the Norman Lear Playwriting contests. The latter took her to Los Angeles where she wrote a teleplay for the TV series The Jeffersons. Marla Gibbs, one of the stars of The Jeffersons, performed the play at her theater and received the NAACP Image award for best actress, while Mrs. Houston received the NAACP Image award for playwriting. Mrs. Houston went on to become a staff writer on the Punky Brewster TV series, and in 1985, Two Twenty-Seven was adapted to television and became NBC'S hit television series 227. Professor Houston continues to write for stage and screen. Most recently, she finished her first novel called Laughing Through the Tears and co-wrote a textbook with Christine List entitled, The Screenwriter's Guidebook: Learning from African American Film and Television Writers.

Author: Christine List, Christine Houston
ISBN-10: 0883783355
ISBN-13: 9780883783351
Publisher: Third World Press
Language: English
Published: 02/03/2017
Pages: 378
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d