MONKEY TRIAL

Historical Romantic Drama
Feature film in development

Written by Brian Godawa and Fred Foote

Story
Monkey Trial is an exciting love story couched in the atmosphere of the “Trial of the Century” – similar in style to the movie Titanic with a romance taking place in the middle of history in the making. It’s 1925, the era of swing, flappers, prohibition, jazz and baseball. It's an era of great change and upheaval in American society. Fundamentalism vs. Liberalism, Prohibition, the KKK, and the eugenics movement are all at their height in this turning point in history.

Enter, a trial in the sleepy little town of Dayton, Tennessee. A test case arranged by the ACLU to challenge the Butler Act, legislation making it illegal to teach human evolution in the schools.

But when infamous lawyer Clarence Darrow, and populist hero William Jennings Bryan get involved, it becomes the trial of the century. This is more than a trial, it is a battle royal for the control of our children. Darrow seeks to uphold evolutionary control of schools and Bryan fights for equal time to teach both views. And the event is covered by the biting wit and satire of curmudgeonly journalist H.L Mencken.

We all know the outcome of this infamous trial, but there is much of this fantastic event that we are unaware of because of the stories we have been told, or rather, not been told. Monkey Trial is that untold story.