A Song for Leonard

<p><strong>The New York seventies murder that gave birth to a song ...</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>She was a beautiful young singer-songwriter with a dream</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>but she ended up dead on a Madison Avenue sidewalk a gun in her hand.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Just another New York mugging - except she was the mugger.</em></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Eighteen years after Suzanne Finch was killed her intended victim Charles Bateman stands accused of her death and has only the lyrics of her songs with which to defend himself. </p><p><span style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1)>Set in a tense and lawless late-20</span><sup style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1)>th</sup><span style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1)> Century New York the unexplained elements surrounding Suzanne's death are gradually revealed through the lyrics of the songs she left behind - including her </span><em style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1)>Song for Leonard</em><span style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1)>. As Charles is forced to defend himself uncovering evidence of police persecution and religious bigotry his own life is placed in jeopardy the closer he gets to the truth. </span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1)>Was her dream just a fantasy and did she deserve to die?</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Adapted from the screenplay of the film noir mystery <em>Bedevilled - A Song for Leonard Cohen</em> which won a Drama Award at the 2017 Cannes Screenplay Contest was a Finalist in the 2016 Hollywood Screenplay Contest and was the winner of the Empire Drama Award at the 2017 New York Screenplay Contest.</p><p><br></p>