Dream Builders/Originals
Originals · The Slate

Stories we own.
Worlds we're building.

Twenty proprietary titles in active development — film, series, microdrama, documentary, and live events — all built on infrastructure we own, for audiences we already reach.

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20+ titles in development
Flagship Title · NAACP Image Award–Nominated

These Final Hours

An anthology series designed to subvert unconscious bias through cinematic storytelling. Chris Surrey served as Executive Producer. The short film earned an NAACP Image Award nomination plus multiple film festival wins. Seven more short films are now in production.

Format
Anthology Series
Status
Ep. 1 Released
Recognition
NAACP Nominated
Delivery
2026–2027
Series & Film · In Development

Long-form worlds.

Cinematic storytelling built for an audience that still wants to sit with something — across film, episodic drama, and prestige anthology.

Microdrama · Vertical & Short-Form

The new format of fiction.

Short-form vertical drama designed for the way audiences actually watch now — produced at AI speed, distributed through our partner platforms.

Microdrama · Music VerticalIn Production

I Sold My Soul to the Label

When a failing legendary record label's housekeeper is discovered to have an extraordinary voice, she becomes their salvation — until her dark past and a vengeful rival threaten to destroy everything she's built with the family she's come to love.

Microdrama · Crime Heist VerticalIn Production

The James Bond Gang

After robbing a powerful Wall Street hedge fund manager, a group of thieves are arrested and try to avoid being convicted — while a ruthless FBI agent is determined to secure a conviction.

Microdrama · Sports Romance VerticalIn Development

When It Hurts So Bad

A heavyweight champ loses his title, money, and marriage in the space of a year — and grinds the comeback trail to win it all back, if it's not too late.

Microdrama · Urban Thriller VerticalIn Development

Rideshare

A socially invisible immigrant driver for an elite rideshare service uncovers a human trafficking operation hidden inside the city's nightlife economy — and as his bond with a vulnerable passenger deepens, he must outmaneuver organized crime, betray his own family, and risk his life to dismantle the system before it claims her.

Documentary · Legacy

The true stories that shaped culture.

Long-form documentary and docuseries exploring the people and moments that built the culture — told by the people who were there.

Docuseries · LegacyIn Development

Reggaetón Hustle

Angel Ramos, a Dominican music executive and promoter from the tough streets of Washington Heights, gambles it all — career, relationship, and financial stability — on his gut affinity for an unproven Puerto Rican music genre and an unknown artist.

Documentary · MusicIn Development

Music Is My Vision: The Rob Jones Story

A young boy's world changes when he takes a bullet to the head and must learn to navigate the world of the blind — an extra challenge to his dream of becoming a successful musician.

Live Events · Annual & Signature

Stories you come to in person.

The live events we own, program, and produce — from category-defining festivals to signature broadcasts that set the cultural calendar.

Cultural Events · F3F Inclusive Tech SummitSeptember 2026

4 Weeks From Now

4 Weeks From Now puts a well-deserved spotlight on producers and event planners of color at the forefront of strengthening the urban cultural movement through their creativity, innovation, and business sense. Next up: the 15th Annual Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival (GCUFF).

Initiative · FellowshipOngoing

Project Dream

The AI storytelling fellowship initiative — backed by a16z Cultural Leadership Fund, ThinkDiffusion, Floyo, ElevenLabs, and Chroma Awards — that identifies and develops next-generation AI filmmakers.

The Slate — By the Numbers

A library built for compounding.

Owned Titles
20+

Proprietary IP in active development across all formats — fully owned by Dream Builders.

Formats
5

Film, series, microdrama, documentary, and live event — each a full distribution vertical.

Distribution
500M+

Devices where our distribution is published — built-in addressable reach for every title at launch.

Recognition
NAACP

Image Award nomination for These Final Hours — proof that the craft meets the standard.

These Final Hours proved that AI-native storytelling can compete at the highest level. A NAACP Image Award nomination in its first season — that's not a tech demo, that's a cultural moment.
— Industry Observer · AI Entertainment
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