Proof-of-concept
6-minute flash-forward opening sequence.

The Creative team:
Lise Johnson and Dalila Ali Rajah

Series Logline
Set in the art scene of Oakland, CA, this 45-minute dramedy chronicles a group of friends whose sense of belonging and source of conflict centers around their intersectional otherness. This chosen family of polyamorous, multi-racial, pan/bisexual and gender-variant humans navigate their way toward greater love and authenticity despite a world created to keep them in the margins.

Tone

A socially conscious, sexually-charged dramedy with shifting episodic points of view.

Synopsis
On a plot level, Other Loving will explore the dynamic of love beyond the dyad. Be it romantic, platonic or familial polyamory, how are individuals and dyads affected when another person joins the unit? From a couple exploring polyamory, to another couple creating their first child, to a pair of once-estranged sisters coping with their aging mother, to a trio of friends creating a non-profit art space in a city torn up by the pandemic, Other Loving illustrates how three is always more complicated than two... but with that complication also comes more opportunity for belonging and greater love.

Theme
On a thematic level, we will explore love in the margins. Whether it’s an inter-generational, interfaith, interracial, queer or polyamorous relationship, those of us who live and love outside the lines find ourselves dealing with a plethora of issues around otherness, both internally and externally. 
On the margins, some find safety in our differences, but those differences can also be a source of pain in the safe spaces we have carved out.  Intersectional belonging and intersectional trauma anchor our character’s journeys.

This series will follow several people who are willing to step outside of convention in the pursuit of more love, more connection, and true belonging. Sometimes their courage is rewarded; other times it results in great pain.

At its core, however, Other Loving asserts that true love ultimately always creates more love.