MOTHERLAND

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>1968</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. Washington D.C. is the volatile epicenter of the Cold War civil rights and anti-war movement. The Nation's Capital buzzes with the electric energy of a powder keg about to explode. But Maryanne Freeman a young Black astrophysicist working at NASA could care less about what is happening on Earth. All she wants to do is listen to the cosmos immersing herself in the mysteries of outer space. However her brilliance is overshadowed by racial prejudice and gender bias and her talents are squandered at work. Disillusioned by the lack of respect she receives and horrible dating experiences that have all but extinguished her belief in love Maryanne vows to focus solely on advancing her studies and career.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Her resolve is tested when she meets a charmingly handsome man named Michael who appears to be the answer to her romantic woes. Initially resistant to his advances and afraid to date outside of her race Maryanne finds herself drawn to a man who seems to finally understand her.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Unbeknownst to Maryanne Michael is a Soviet spy with a mission to infiltrate the U.S. space program and sabotage it from within. As he gains Maryanne's trust and affection his original intentions begin to conflict with his growing feelings for her.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Michael who is eager to impress Moscow by recruiting more Americans befriends his neighbor Leroy a seemingly Communism-friendly Black revolutionary. But Leroy is secretly an undercover FBI Special Agent assigned to the COINTELPRO program. Unhappy with his current assignment and hungry to snag his first foreign spy Leroy finds his suspicious neighbor a much more relevant target than civil rights leaders.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The lives of Maryanne Michael and Leroy suddenly collide when D.C. erupts after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Maryanne finds herself torn between two men and two countries. Her life dreams and liberty on the line what will she choose?</span></p>