The Witches of Gitchigumee Pilot Pitch2024 - Victoria Main
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A coven of post-menopausal witches on Lake Superior’s north shore fight back against growing threats with ancient wisdom, enduring friendships, and the sanctity of happy hour.
Through flashback and present-day action in the pilot episode, we learn that for some in the small north shore community, a deep fear of the witches has never completely disappeared, despite their generational presence there. This is especially true of one local, Jimmy. Jimmy lives in the same house where over 100 years ago, a man documented his growing paranoia about the "evil" witches in a journal still hidden in the attic of this house. Jimmy carries a lot of anger about his life and feelings that he has not received all that he is entitled to. Although he is not yet aware of it, the journal hidden in his attic is having a growing effect on him.
The witches share the home that has been theirs for generations -- Coven leaders Blaze and Ruby, Charlotte the 'Seer,' fearless feminist Billie and her sister, the new-age Gwendolyn. Agatha, the eldest of the witches is rapidly declining as she experiences her 'transformation' to the journey beyond this lifetime,
When Charlotte reports a disturbing vision to leaders Blaze and Ruby, Blaze senses that a darkness threatens the coven.
But friends and supporters also make their presence felt. Patrick and Dana run the local community theater and are frequent visitors to the witches' house. During one such happy hour visit, they ask the witches to help promote the theater's upcoming production by participating in the annual Harvest Festival Parade. The coven is, of course, happy to support their friends and agree to attend the parade, distributing flyers for the show.
Blaze's dear friend since childhood, Father Carson Brooks, is now the parish priest. They confide in each other and have relied on this mutual support for years. Their friendship is kept close, as on the surface, they are from different spiritual worlds.
Father Brooks makes a visit to the witches' house to buy fresh vegetables from their weekly garden stand, while Jimmy and his friends watch from his truck. After a sudden cacophony of wind and nearby crows, Agatha transforms, and emerges from an upstairs window as a large crow. Blaze reminds Carson that some questions are better left unasked.
At the Harvest Festival Parade, these characters will converge when Jimmy instigates a confrontation with the witches, Patrick and the theater group. Crow Agatha will defend the witches and their friends in her own special way.
The witches share the home that has been theirs for generations -- Coven leaders Blaze and Ruby, Charlotte the 'Seer,' fearless feminist Billie and her sister, the new-age Gwendolyn. Agatha, the eldest of the witches is rapidly declining as she experiences her 'transformation' to the journey beyond this lifetime,
When Charlotte reports a disturbing vision to leaders Blaze and Ruby, Blaze senses that a darkness threatens the coven.
But friends and supporters also make their presence felt. Patrick and Dana run the local community theater and are frequent visitors to the witches' house. During one such happy hour visit, they ask the witches to help promote the theater's upcoming production by participating in the annual Harvest Festival Parade. The coven is, of course, happy to support their friends and agree to attend the parade, distributing flyers for the show.
Blaze's dear friend since childhood, Father Carson Brooks, is now the parish priest. They confide in each other and have relied on this mutual support for years. Their friendship is kept close, as on the surface, they are from different spiritual worlds.
Father Brooks makes a visit to the witches' house to buy fresh vegetables from their weekly garden stand, while Jimmy and his friends watch from his truck. After a sudden cacophony of wind and nearby crows, Agatha transforms, and emerges from an upstairs window as a large crow. Blaze reminds Carson that some questions are better left unasked.
At the Harvest Festival Parade, these characters will converge when Jimmy instigates a confrontation with the witches, Patrick and the theater group. Crow Agatha will defend the witches and their friends in her own special way.
