Emerald Drive Productions
Developing  Films of Personal Growth and Transformation

"In this song, I was thinking of Amelia Earhart and addressing it from one solo pilot to another, sort of reflecting on the cost of being a woman and having something you must do." - Joni Mitchell

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Cocoanut Grove
by Kenneth Lawrence & Deborah Whitaker
(based on the true story)
Feature Film

"Titanic-like; Smart & sophisticated; Cleverly stitched.
Casablanca-like love story" 
- Script Consultant & former Universal Development Executive
Craig Kellum

America's Deadliest Nightclub Fire
In a triangle between love, coincidence and corruption, 
only two make it out alive.

The Widow's Walk
by Deborah Whitaker
A love story between a genuine American heroine 
and American ingenuity. 
(based on the true story)
Feature Film
"Oscar-winning dialogue for the right actress"
-Dave Goetsch, Executive Producer, The Big Bang Theory

Mary Ann Patten: Heroine of the Sea.
In 1856, Mary Ann Patten, 19 years old and 4 months pregnant, 
takes command of a Clipper Ship of 35 men,
successfully sailing through a hurricane,
icebergs and a potential mutiny to safe port in San Francisco,
all while nursing her husband, the Captain, back to health.

Climate
by Deborah Whitaker
Out of tune. Out of balance. Out of time.
Television Movie
Climate parallels the tragic alienation with a mother and daughter
with the alienation between nature and humanity.

A geologist and soccer Mom is thrown
into the epicenter of a perilous geo-engineering scheme
when a  massive solar storm threatens
to slam the earthwith a knockout punch. 

​​PARADIGM
Remember the Future
by Justin Scarelli & Deborah Whitaker

Television Series

A female astronaut’s mind-altering experience
aboard the International Space Station
entangles herself and a neuroscientist
in a quantum dance across space and time,
jump starting a 21st century space race
to transport consciousness beyond the body.

​​​Now Playing in 3D
by Deborah Whitaker & Craig Cloutier
Narrative Self-Empowerment Game, Animation Shorts
& Life Fable Book Series & Product Line
A Playful approach to Personal Transformation
Today, movies, video games and TV
are playing in 3D. But what about us? 
Are we playing in 3D?
Or are we living in a flat, 2D state of mind?