BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS
BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS
©2021 WGA Registered
Adrenaline Partnership LLC Presents
LOGLINE
Arkansas 1917 - 1987
The brutally honest portrayal of a state’s turbulent evolution,
from ascension of the Women of the KKK to the unimaginable
dynastic rise of today’s Titans of Industry.
Each season introduces a decade of uniquely complex characters.
©2021 WGA Registered
Adrenaline Partnership LLC Presents
LOGLINE
Arkansas 1917 - 1987
The brutally honest portrayal
of a state’s turbulent evolution,
from ascension of the
Women of the KKK
to the unimaginable
dynastic rise of today’s
Titans of Industry.
Each season introduces
a decade of uniquely
complex characters.
FIVE SEASONS FIVE REASONS
Historical drama “Arkansas” captures the triumphant, shameful, and explosive moments that molded the state and created the fertile ground for emerging social, political, and economic movements. Unique to series like
The Crown which dramatizes history through the prism of historical characters,
Arkansas utilizes historical compilations to create multi-faceted fictional characters who, along with historical characters, take audiences on a highly charged ride through Arkansas's tumultuous decades. Each season is told from a different cultural perspective, and with a largely changing cast of characters – all to show the emotional power of history.
FIVE SEASONS
FIVE REASONS
Historical drama “Arkansas” captures the triumphant, shameful, and explosive moments that molded the state and created the fertile ground for emerging social, political, and economic movements.
Unique to series like The Crown which dramatizes history through the prism of historical characters, Arkansas utilizes historical compilations to create multi-faceted fictional characters who, along with historical characters, take audiences on a highly charged ride through Arkansas's tumultuous decades.
Each season is told from a different cultural perspective, and with a largely changing cast of characters – all to show the emotional power of history.
SEASON BREAKDOWN
"Imperious"
Arkansas, 1917. An impoverished farmer decapitated by the explosion of his illegal still sends a brooding son and fiery headstrong daughter into servitude with families holding clashing views on race, money, and the future of Arkansas.
"Ascendancy"
Helena, Arkansas, blues music capitol, a local young cotton worker fashions a fiddle from a cigar box and teaches himself to play, unaware this talent will lead him to Bonnie and Clyde, gangster Al Capone, and an interned Japanese boy named George Takei before finding fame on the KING BISCUIT FLOUR HOUR.
"Sedition"
A political outlier challenges the Arkansas establishment. His actions set into motion the “Southern Manifesto” – a resistance to school integration. Meanwhile, a girl with the audacity to want an education 'while black' becomes one of the “Little Rock Nine” escorted into an all-white school by Federal troops.
"Rebellion"
A decade of social upheaval and a police slaying spurring the 'Little Rock Uprising'. Amid this, an Arkansas racer’s world changes after killing a loathed rival. As retribution, he’s ordered to Vietnam where his evasive skills translate into piloting a helicopter that saves hundreds of Vietnamese at the fall of Saigon. His rescue becomes one of the most dramatic in history.
"Supremacy"
In this final decade and season of “Arkansas,” a savvy female lobbyist discovers old habits die hard in the Razorback state, a trio of industry titans sense now is the time to crush rivals, seize market dominance and define their legacies, and a media intern uncovers truths that bring him face to face with a charismatic Attorney General.
SEASON BREAKDOWN
"Imperious"
/ Prohibition / Elaine Massacre / Women of the KKK / Oil Boom & The Great Flood /
Arkansas, 1917. An impoverished farmer decapitated by the explosion of his illegal still sends a brooding son and fiery headstrong daughter into servitude with families holding clashing views on race, money, and the future of Arkansas.
"Ascendancy"
/ Reconstruction / Mafia / The Blues / Corruption & Killers /
Helena, Arkansas, blues music capitol, a local young cotton worker fashions a fiddle from a cigar box and teaches himself to play, unaware this talent will lead him to Bonnie and Clyde, gangster Al Capone, and an interned Japanese boy named George Takei before finding fame on the KING BISCUIT FLOUR HOUR.
"Sedition"
/ G.I. Revolt / Prositution / Desegregation / The Mob & Politics /
A political outlier challenges the Arkansas establishment. His actions set into motion the “Southern Manifesto” – a resistance to school integration. Meanwhile, a girl with the audacity to want an education 'while black' becomes one of the “Little Rock Nine” escorted into an all-white school by Federal troops.
"Rebellion"
/ Protests / Racing / Refugees / Vietnam & The Economic Comeback /
A decade of social upheaval and a police slaying spurring the 'Little Rock Uprising'. Amid this, an Arkansas racer’s world changes after killing a loathed rival. As retribution, he’s ordered to Vietnam where his evasive skills translate into piloting a helicopter that saves hundreds of Vietnamese at the fall of Saigon. His rescue becomes one of the most dramatic in history.
"Supremacy"
/ The Waltons / The Tysons / The Hunts / The Dillards / Bill Clinton /
In this final decade and season of “Arkansas,” a savvy female lobbyist discovers old habits die hard in the Razorback state, a trio of industry titans sense now is the time to crush rivals, seize market dominance and define their legacies, and a media intern uncovers truths that bring him face to face with a charismatic Attorney General.
PRODUCTION NOTES
PRODUCTION NOTES
The Twist
Different season,
different perspective.
Unafraid to break new ground and take risks.
Forget flipping the script, Arkansas flips the cast;
going so far as to venture from a predominantly white cast in season one, to a principally black cast in season two.
Something never attempted in television or film.
The Vibe
As to film style, vision vacillates between glorious and notorious. Other productions emulating this technique are
Ozark, Breaking Bad,
and The Crown.
The Look
Arkansas is America’s real American Game of Thrones, and although it’s vibrant full spectrum scenes are distinctly unique, it draws inspiration from great period predecessors like
Hell of Wheels & Boardwalk Empire.
The Testimony
"Listen here ya carpet baggin' jew, if ya here to fuck the great state of Arkansas- Arkansas is gon' fuck you harda!"
- Alfred D. Banks Jr.
Candidate for State Rep.
THE TEAM
THE TEAM
J. Sánchez, PGA
Santa Fe, New Mexico
SHOWRUNNER
Co-writer
Spearheading Arkansas development,
ad agency CEO turned
producer, J. Sanchez
is also creator of the
11-season series,
The Fireball Run
among others.
Gan Nunnally
Bentonville, Arkansas
co-producer
consultant
Arkansas native
& businessman
Gan Nunnally’s deep
state knowledge and
rich family history
sparked inception
of the Arkansas series.
Dev Ross
Sedona, Arizona
producer
writer
Acclaimed screenwriter and Disney’s first
female writer, Dev Ross
aided in story &
character development
and penned the
Arkansas pilot.
J. Sánchez, PGA
Santa Fe, New Mexico
SHOWRUNNER
Co-writer
Spearheading Arkansas development, ad agency
CEO turned producer,
J. Sanchez is also creator
of the 11-season series,
The Fireball Run
among others.
Gan Nunnally
Bentonville, Arkansas
co-producer
consultant
Arkansas native
& businessman
Gan Nunnally’s deep
state knowledge and
rich family history
sparked inception
of the Arkansas series.
Dev Ross
Sedona, Arizona
producer
writer
Acclaimed screenwriter
and Disney’s first female writer,
Dev Ross aided in story &
character development
and penned the
Arkansas pilot.
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