Deadline

For more than twenty years, the murder of an African American youth in rural South Carolina has gone unpunished, unsolved and uninvestigated. But that changes when Charlotte Times reporter Matt Harper meets an idealistic young law student bent on discovering the truth. Harper undertakes the investigation despite the opposition of his publisher, violent threats from mysterious forces, a break-up with his fiancée and his father’s cancer diagnosis. Deadline is a story of murder, family, race, and of redemption – for a small Southern town and for Matt Harper.

Inspired by a true story, Deadline is adapted from Mark Ethridge's novel Grievances. Ethridge is a former managing editor of The Charlotte Observer.

"Mark Ethridge has captured the South in a way that is every bit as evocative as Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and he has told a story as riveting as the best Grisham courtroom thriller. But Grievances is no mere thriller. It is a story of the heart that will resonate with readers long after they have turned the final page."

~ Pat Conroy, Author of My Losing Season, The Great Santini and The Prince of Tides

Transcendent produces high quality independent features. No Regrets, Transcendent's first film, has been a worldwide success. Next, MGM acquired the worldwide rights to our co-production Two Weeks. Drawing on the resources of parent company Film House, Tennessee's largest production company, Transcendent produces the kind of inspiring, uplifting films that are often overlooked by Hollywood; meaningful stories that speak to the viewer's heart. Transcendent both develops its own properties and partners with other producers by providing crew, equipment and facilities.

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