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Unknown Black Assailant

As the crack epidemic erupts across 1980s small-city America, a Black rookie detective investigating a string of gang murders in Little Rock, Arkansas uncovers a CIA-backed arms-for-drugs conspiracy—forcing him to choose between protecting his family and exposing a truth that could destroy him.

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Format:
Screenplay
In the Vein Of:
The Wire
Snowfall
American Made
Posted:
06/08/2026
Updated:
06/08/2026
Author Bio:
Dayne Jefferson is an award-winning, multi-genre screenwriter creating character-driven stories that place Black leads at the center of institutional power, moral complexity, and systemic conflict. His work spans crime, prestige drama, grounded comedy, and socially conscious genre storytelling, unified by a consistent cultural lens and narrative discipline.

He is the creator of the crime drama pilot Unknown Black Assailant, winner of Best Crime TV Script at the Los Angeles Crime & Horror Film Festival and a finalist in the Stage 32 + Color Farm Media Diversity Talent Accelerator, the Hollywood Just4Shorts Film & Screenplay Competition, the Wiki Screenplay Contest, and the ISA Student Fellowship Program (Top 50).

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Contest Results:
L.A. Crime and Horror (First Place) [2025]
Wiki Contest (Finalist, Wiki Screenplay Contest) [2025]
ISA Student Fellowship (Finalist, Top 50 Finalist) [2025]
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