Interview with Screenwriter Chloë J. Hightower (Monochrome)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about?

. My script is about a Creole-American woman and a Japanese-American man who move to California together to escape their pasts in Lousiana. But when their house gets invaded by a gang of extremists, they must hide in their haunted basement, which taunts them with their traumatic pasts.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

The genre that my script falls under is horror, psychological thriller, and drama.

3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

This screenplay should be made into a movie because it displays the experiences of people who are undervalued by Hollywood. With a black female lead and an Asian male lead, both who suffer from mental illness, displaying these elements on screen could humanize and normalize people of these ethnicities and people who are challenged with these mental illnesses. I also believe that when hate…