Marcia McNair

Screenwriter, Editor, Playwright and Producer

Freeport, New York

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About Marcia

Marcia L. McNair is a screenwriter and playwright. She is an Associate Professor of English, Africana, and Women’s Studies. Her passion is using entertainment to educate, and she examines the intersection of race, class, and gender in all of her writing. Formerly an assistant editor at Essence Magazine, she co-wrote the Off-Off Broadway play Sistas on Fire! A Newsical. She has studied writing for film at Dartmouth College, Roadmap Writers, and New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT). Ghettocyrano was an Official Selection in both the Las Vegas Black Film Festiva l (2023) and the International Diversity Film Festival (2024). The Dark Child won the New York Screenwriting Awards Best Feature Screenplay (Thriller Category) in 2023. McNair was born in New Jersey but has lived on Long Island for over twenty years. She is a member of Sigma Delta Chi (The Society of Professional Journalists) and New York Women in Television and Film (NYWTF).

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Ghettocyrano Budget: $0 - $100K | Comedy A teen rapper and his ghostwriter pal successfully dodge rival rappers, ex-girlfriends and a vindictive guidance counselor until disgruntled investors say pay up or die.
The Dark Child Budget: $0 - $100K | Thriller ⋄ Horror A mysterious little girl with superhuman powers holds a mother and her young daughter captive in theirapartment.