Dark Satirical Drama | Limited Series | 8 Episodes
An artist's gentrification project destroys the border city he claims to save. Based on real documents from El Paso's systematic displacement of working-class Mexican families.
Peter Svarzbein returns to El Paso broke, discovers a corporate plan to gentrify his border city, and becomes the artist who makes it beautiful. His wheat-paste posters sell a $97M trolley as "community investment." His murals celebrate "resilience" while bulldozers demolish Segundo Barrio. His rhetoric champions the working class while his votes approve their displacement.
When a whistleblower brings evidence of the conspiracy, Peter destroys him to preserve his career. Then the Walmart shooting happens, and Peter realizes the demographic rhetoric in the manifesto is identical to the "optimization" language in the city's planning documents. He confesses publicly—but it's too late. The damage is done. The city is saved. The people are gone.
Complete Netflix-standard pitch package available | McKee A-grade validated structure