EXT. BOAT ON THE SEA OF GALILEE - SAME
The sail on Tiberius’ boat is blowing from the breeze. Tiberius watches the sail blow. He looks up in the sky. A lone bird flies by.
TIBERIUS
I know! Thank you for the signal, Jesus. It is the sign of the times.
TIME CUT:
INT. BET GABRIEL IN ISRAEL - NIGHT
Tiberius walks in a door inside the Bet Gabriel. As he walks through, he sees the CHANDELIER. He stops and glares up at it.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. BET GABRIEL IN ISRAEL - SAME
Tiberius is on stage performing with his band in concert. There are about 2000 people attending the concert.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. HEAVEN’S EAST WING - SAME
Jesus and many others are sitting on rock benches at Heaven’s AMPHITHEATER listening to Tiberius’ concert.
AUDIO NOTE: (The sound of Tiberius’ song and music is heard in Heaven’s east wing in a softer, hollower tone.)
JESUS
After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. John 6:1
SAINT PETER
Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.” Matthew 28:10
MOSES
After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. John 21:1
At the finish of Tiberius’ song, Jesus, Saint Peter, Moses, and Heaven’s east wing disciples rise from the rock benches and clap in appreciation, what we call a standing ovation.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. TIBERIAS HOT SPRINGS - DAY
Tiberius is standing out in the water. There are many around him down in the water. They are awaiting his “healing touch.” He greets a woman disciple awaiting some magical healing from Tiberius. Tiberius stands in the water. He reaches down and places his hand on the woman’s forehead. He reaches inside his tunic pocket and takes out a bottle of cannabis/hemp oil. He hands the bottle of oil to the woman immersed in the hot springs water.
TIBERIUS
Heal in the name of cannabis oil. Bless this hemp in Jesus’ name. And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
All those down in the water say “Amen.”
Tiberius repeats this healing process a few more times by touching the foreheads of a man, and then with a young child accompanied by its mother.
TIME CUT:
EXT. HEMP FIELD - DAY
Tiberius is at the edge of his HEMP field dragging a HUGE CROSS carrying it on his shoulder like Jesus did dragging it along. He sets the cross upwise in a pre-dug hole. There is a wheelbarrow full with ROCKS. Tiberius fills the hole around the cross with rocks to stabilize it, then he shovels dirt from a dirt mound near the cross filling in the hole.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. HEAVEN’S EAST WING - SAME
Jesus is standing before his seated disciples. He says a poem.
JESUS
Jesus Saved the Cobblers Sole: The Shoeless Child
they sold her shoes
for intoxicating beverage,
oxen walked crippled in repent
for their owners abuse,
cobbler full of grace
knew about struggle and
temptation, so to assure this
child as a grown woman she
would not be illiterate cobbler
spelled the word shoes for her,
and sized her sole, simple it
seemed,
"Jesus sent me to teach you how to get above your raisin, be educated! Why be a C student? Don't put your foot in your mouth,"
but the child
did not heed, she
walked the hot desert
sand with ignorance,
burning her feet, Jesus
explaining to the cobbler
that some with narrow minds
will suffer with blistered feet,
censorship sandals speak of
Jerusalem's miles of those stoned,
SCENE NOTE: (Ruth and Naomi continue the poem in their voice.)
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. MARIJUANA FIELD - DAY
Ruth and Naomi are hoeing weeds in their marijuana field.
CLOSE ON -- Their SANDALS on their feet.
RUTH
I put bread in his jar,
he said man what are
you doing here? Billy Joel
the piano man.
NAOMI
I replied,
donating to the cause, Jesus
saved the cobblers soul,
the shoeless child.
SCENE NOTE: (There will be a cameo by Billy Joel singing PIANO MAN.)
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. GLASS MONASTERY - SAME
Billy Joel sitting at the CLEAR ACRYLIC PIANO in our glass monastery singing Piano Man.
There’s a TIP JAR on the piano. Ruth and Naomi walk up to the piano where Billy Joel is singing. They put tips in his jar.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. KITCHEN - DAY
Tiberius opens the stove door and pulls out pans of bread with a CANNABIS POTHOLDER
Tiberius carries the TRAY OF CANNABIS INFUSED BANANA BREAD LOAVES to the table to his disciples. There is a long table that will seat about thirty. All of the seats are full with men and women. There is wine poured in glasses and wine bottles on the table.
TIBERIUS
Cannabis-infused banana bread.
DISCIPLE
And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life.”
TIBERIUS
Give us this day, our daily bread. Amen.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. ROOM OF THE CHANDELIER - SAME
In another MAGIC scene, one of the “sails” on the chandelier moves like a sail on a boat. It ripples like a breeze-blown sail.
__________________________________________________
INT. NYSE - DAY
Bernardo is on the trading floor on his cell phone to Mr. Q. (Quattrucci). Traders are making deals. It’s busy.
BERNARDO
The cannabis market is booming! I live to find undervalued assets. It’s a buyer’s market, Mr. Q. Cannabis assets in the private market are cheap. State legal sales only account for a tenth of the total consumed in the U.S. The rest is illicit. This is your domain, Mr. Q.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. SPEAKEASY BAR IN NEW YORK - SAME
Quattrucci, the Mafia Boss is sitting at a back table in the corner talking to Bernardo while he puffs on a fat cigar.
QUATTRUCCI
I want their marijuana operation. Get it!
BERNARDO (V.O.)
Whose marijuana operation?
QUATTRUCCI
Ruth and Naomi. This bathtub gin is getting stale.
BERNARDO (V.O.)
Marijuana is no longer about just joints and bongs, Mr. Q. There’s very little incentive to buy pot from cartel drug dealers. I’m a stockbroker, not a thug. From an investor standpoint, I’ve found you an investment opportunity. This deal is a unique asset class. We can pair it with a TV doctor endorsement. When’s the last time you heard of somebody selling moonshine?
QUATTRUCCI
Yesterday. Did you not sign an agreement with us, Bernardo? You better read the fine print. The only marijuana I’m interested in is Ruth and Naomi. Get your bags packed!
BERNARDO (V.O.)
Yes, sir. I’ll catch the red eye Mr. Q.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. MARIJUANA FIELD - DAY
Ruth and Naomi are walking their marijuana field. Naomi motions the vast field with her hands.
NAOMI
We’re keeping it. The mafia is not going to take it. Do you know what’s on the back of the east side entrance of the Supreme Court?
RUTH
Tell me.
NAOMI
Moses. He is carved into the exterior pediment of the east façade—Christian iconography. He’s carved along with Confucius and Solon.
SCENE NOTE: (Inserted here, is footage of the FRONT of THE SUPREME COURT building in Washington, D.C., and the BACK of the building where MOSES is carved with the others. The focus will be on the carved sculpture of Moses.)
CLOSE ON -- The words, “Justice of the Guardian of Liberty” carved above the columns on the back, east side of the Supreme Court Building.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. HEAVEN’S EAST WING - SAME
J.C. Cutter aka Jesus Christ is in concert in Heaven’s East Wing.
SCENE NOTE: (Nickelback will perform a song. Jesus and the band will be dressed in all white. Everything is WHITE AND GOLD. There’s a WHITE PIANO. There are WHITE PILLARS. The set is dressed like an interpretation of Heaven. WHITE FOG SMOKE will be drifting from the ground up like in a music video. MOSES is sitting in his CHAIR. The chair of Moses was a phrase used by Jesus in Matthew 23:2 to signify the place of authority that the Scribes and Pharises had in interpreting The Law and exercising their authority over the Jewish people. They are the ones who would tell the people of Israel what the law of Moses really meant. The phrase is found only in this verse.)
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. RUTH’S AND NAOMI’S SECURITY GATE - SAME
Bernardo pulls up to the security gate. The security guard does not allow him entry. The security guard motions for Bernardo to turn around. Bernardo turns the car around and heads back the way he came.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. RENTAL CAR - SAME
Bernardo is at the wheel. The black rapper with gold chains around his neck is sitting in the passenger seat.
BERNARDO
I can’t believe this! It’s a gated community?
RAPPER
There’s snow and diamonds in there, man!
BERNARDO
Snow and diamonds?
RAPPER
Yeah, man we stashed it in the storage container on the property.
BERNARDO
Well we’re not getting in there. Ruth and Naomi have it locked down. Mr. Q is not going to be happy. I’m missing a power lunch with a new client. She’s an environmental lawyer. Green stock is going through the roof.
RAPPER
She’s on Q’s payroll.
BERNARDO
How do you know that?
RAPPER
Cyanide spill cover-up.
BERNARDO
Let’s catch a flight back. I can still make dinner. I need some dirt on Mr. Q.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. RUTH’S AND NAOMI’S HOME LIBRARY - SAME
Ruth and Naomi are in their library. Ruth pulls a book off the shelf.
CLOSE ON -- ENVIRONMENTAL LAW HANDBOOK written on the book’s front cover.
Ruth opens the book and shuffles through it.
RUTH
Here it is, E. Coli Bacteria.
NAOMI
They’ll answer for the tragedy.
RUTH
The culprits of a historic lawsuit. Cyanide and E. Coli poisoning our water. That’s what killed the flamingos.
NAOMI
Environmental deception. The mafia and the revolutionaries want the wealth and land redistributed and we want to keep our wealth and property intact.
RUTH
Weighing out Capitalism and Socialism. It is a culture war.
NAOMI
Is there a market for Scientology cannabis?
Copyright Sage Sweetwater
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