After a mysterious black man moves onto a remote Montana ranch to escape his dark past, his secrets are revealed by a racist sheriff, a sassy cowgirl and a man who's come for revenge.

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7 Accolades

Winner (3rd Place) - Slamdance Screenplay Competition 2016

Semifinalist - The Academy Nicholl Fellowship 2017

Seminfinalist - The Script Lab - TSL Free Screenplay Contest 2022

Quarterfinalist - Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition 2017

Quarterfinalist - Final Draft - Big Break 2022

Quarterfinalist - Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition 2023

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Recommended by The Script Lab (Coverage)

Set in the expansive solitude of rural Montana, Montana Quagmire follows Silver Bloodstone, a grizzled, enigmatic Black cowboy with a haunted past and a loaded duffel bag. After a misfire-filled encounter with nature, Silver finds himself face-to-face with the twisted Sheriff Grizz Firebrick and a rotating crew of lawless locals. Enter Clover—a whip-smart, foul-mouthed woman with trauma of her own—and the stage is set for dark comedy, crackling tension, and a slow-burn spiral into violence, paranoia, and unexpected redemption.

What begins as a stylized character study becomes a taut and deeply original neo-western thriller soaked in Tarantinoesque dialogue, Coen Brothers absurdism, and a bone-dry satirical tone.

MONTANA QUAGMIRE