SHADE TREE MAFIA

BEGINNING OF A “VISUAL VISIONARY” COMPANY SET ON ENTERTAINING YOU!

PROJECTS CREATED AND WRITTEN BY KENNETH THOMAS SHAKE AND RATTLE THE WORLD AS YOU KNOW IT, ONE EMOTION AT A TIME, ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS…

“God seemed to be having a hard time killing him, and he’d be damned if he was going to make the job easy for mere mortals”
― Mario Puzo

These projects for novel, theater, and television, are attracting lots of attention.

SHADE TREE MAFIA PART 1 – THE LAST REAL SAGA

SHADE TREE MAFIA PART 2 – BASTARDS OF BABYLON

HIP HOP MURDERED ME – THE LUVELLA LEROUX STORY

I LOVE YOU IN LAVENDER

ACTIVATE AMERICA

WHEN THE CHURCH IS ON TRIAL

CHECK IN WITH YOUR HOST – KENNETH THOMAS!

KENNETH USES THE ART OF STORYTELLING TO CREATE WORLDS THAT SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT REALITY FINDS COMPLICATED.

Kenneth Thomas is a lover of the arts, music, film, and writing.

Born in the state of North Carolina, Kenneth is the 15th child of 16 children. Growing up in poverty was an understatement. Being raised behind a southern juke joint where music rang out until the early hours of the mornings, it wasn’t long before he fell in love with music.

Since the townspeople were separate only by race and railroad tracks, he had the freedom to fall in love with different genres. No matter whether it was R&B, Hip Hop or Country, he always seemed to find a story worth acknowledging in the artist.

At the age of 13, Kenneth felt he had a story worth telling and began to write. He began to write music as an escape from the violence and racism that once plagued his town. Music would one day lead him to cities such as Atlanta, New York, Puerto Rico and more, where he worked with artists such Money Harm of Product G&B all the way to Puerto Rico where he worked raggaetone producer BONES of MAS FLOW INC.

Kenneth, eventually decided 3 minute songs just didn’t give him enough time to tell the stories he was interested in. This feeling lead him to try his hand at writing short stories, which in some way was his therapy.

In no time at all, Kenneth fell deeper in love with the art of storytelling in the written form, and wrote novels such as SHADE TREE MAFIA Parts 1 &2, and HIP HOP MURDERED ME “The Luvella LeRoux Story”. His stories are very engaging and dramatic, and it was suggested to him to adapt to screen. From this, Kenneth trained himself and wrote several feature screenplays and pilots, with some placing in the largest screenplay competitions in the world.

In 2017, Kenneth hit the ground running and partnered with Andrea Thomas to build DEPROGRAM X FILMS, in Virginia Beach, VA.

SHADE TREE MAFIA PART 1 – THE LAST REAL SAGA

A civil war is on the horizon, and this time it’s not the US government.

The Dixie Mafia and the New York Mafia are about to collide with American Racism at a boiling point.

Can an adopted black kid from the South grow up to be king, and an Aryan Brotherhood leader be his biggest ally?

Logline: 

A young African-American kid finds himself trapped in a world of drugs, murder, and racism when he’s adopted into a Dixie Mafia family where he is groomed to become boss.

Synopsis/Details: 

When a maid is found murdered, her son is left in the care of her employer. The most powerful and the most dangerous family in the Dixie Mafia, will embrace and groom him for a nearly impossible task. Though, before he even begins he will find that the children of the Dixie Mafia are just as racist and dangerous as their parents.

SHADE TREE MAFIA PART 2 – BASTARDS OF BABYLON

A new type of drama.

A familiar pain.

A family in crisis.

Dixie Mafia vs New York Mafia.

Logline:

An African American kid who was raised in the racist and dangerous Dixie mafia that ran away from home, returns to the South as man to take his rightful position on the throne.

Synopsis/Details:

The New York Mafia will finally make their move to take over the Dixie Mafia and control the south when a Southern Mafia boss falls ill to cancer. They only forgot one thing, the family’s maid had a son. Now, the African American son of a maid will be crowned king and will prepare for the war of the century.

HIP HOP MURDERED ME – A LUVELLA LEROUX STORY

When a Louisiana girl goes missing from a music industry party.

Southern voodoo will paralyze New York.

And the secret she uncovered will bring the entertainment industry to its knees.

Logline:

When her beloved granddaughter goes missing from a New York City music industry party a Louisiana grandmother will make them suffer from worry, regret, voodoo and vengeance.

Synopsis/Details:

A young girl from the Louisiana Bayou has dreamed of going to NYU to become a journalist since she was a child. Her freshman year starts out rocky, but she quickly becomes a blessing and a beacon of light to one of New York City’s prominent families in the entertainment industry. The lovely Southern Luvella LeRoux finds the sister she never had in her new college roommate Rebecca Bolton, daughter of Jordan Bolton, CEO of Bolton Global Distribution. Luvella will see the best parties, the best gifts, now the best cover up the entertainment industry has ever witnessed until the encounter the Bayou’s Grandma Mag!

I LOVE YOU IN LAVENDER

A young girl suffering from a mental illness.

A psychiatrist who can’t treat her anymore is forced to come face to face with her demons.

A rose will grow from concrete.

Doctor turns her successful practice into a free mental health clinic for the poor.

Logline:

A well-known psychiatrist opens a free mental health clinic called “I Love You in Lavender” and learns a valuable lesson about playing savior to the poor.

Synopsis/Details:

A well-known Beverly Hills psychologist opens a free health clinic in Compton called “I Love You In Lavender”. She witnesses a young girl she befriended commit suicide after being refused treatment at her office “to the stars”. The now broken, pill addicted psychologist whose husband is running for office is trying to find forgiveness by risking everything she has to make a doomed clinic succeed.

ACTIVATE AMERICA

A new type of Terrorist Drama.

Fight for freedom.

Die for your country.

Die a hero.

Logline:

A federal penitentiary is converted into an undercover CIA training camp, preparing prisoners to become American terror cells.

Synopsis/Details:

Terrorist cells have been a thorn in the side of the United States government for decades. When the CIA ‘agent list’ is hacked, it becomes America’s turn to plant cells of its own. Launching a covert operation, the US military moves to train the first American terror cells recruited from the most notorious penitentiaries in the country. Those who succeed will have a chance to fight for their freedom—or die a hero.

WHEN THE CHURCH IS ON TRIAL

When a well-known pastor councils a ruthless mafia boss their lives will change forever.

Rumors of love, lust, and murder.

A television series that will leave you wondering who was the sheep and who was the wolf.

Logline:

The Church and the Mafia have always shared a special bond, until a well-known pastor is accused of murdering a mafia boss he was supposed to be counseling.

Synopsis/Details:

When a well-known pastor decides to council a mafia boss their lives will change forever. Rumors of love, lust, and corruption will consume the church., leaving the congregation wondering who murdered Graham Jones, the mafia or the saints?

Accolades & Coverage:

2019 LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY AWARDS Holiday Contest (Quarter-finalist)

https://lascreenplayawards.com/result/