Actor Wanted, Must be Omnipotent

Text by Claire Schneiderman

This Craigslist ad (see below) for a film school project reads like something a Dungeons and Dragons-loving kid cooked up while bored at Sunday school: Can God stop a soldier from killing the unborn baby of a young virgin named Mary?

KILLING IN THE NAME OF CHAPTER 1 PRODUCER/WRITER: DAMIEN BLACK Student Film DIRECTOR: DAMIEN BLACK NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY SHOOT: AUG TWO DAYS BETWEEN 13-14 NON-UNION COPY, CREDIT, NO PAY, FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED. LOCATION: NYC STORY: A soldier is sent back in time to kill an unborn baby; at stake is the future because this baby will grow up and claim to be GOD. GOD will bring suffering to the non-believers and rule the world. Mary is pregnant carrying the unborn target that the solider intends to kill; Mary believes she is carrying a miracle child who will save the world. The soldier enters Mary’s apartment without making a sound or being seen by Mary, then she confronts Mary holding a gun. Words are exchange and the soldier begins to pull the trigger. Before she can let off a shot GOD comes from behind Mary, pushes Mary out of danger and shoots the soldier in the neck. The soldier is dying on the floor while GOD and Mary feel that mission has been stop. With her last strength the solider aims her gun at GOD changes her mind and kills Mary instead, the soldier dies and so does GOD. SEEKING: [GOD] Male, 20-30, African American or Hispanic or Middle Eastern , bread, with long hair or dreads a plus: In the future GOD rules the masses, crushes the non-believers. He is a strong character, confident that he will stop his own assassination.

If you have what it takes to play the all-powerful, all-knowing supreme being, then get in touch with student director/producer/writer Damien Black.

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