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| FADE IN: CREDITS |
| EXT. -- DESERT -- EARLY MORNING |
| The horizon is beet red from the rising sun. Electric high tension lines hang over the desert on towers near a road. A BRIGHT VORTEX opens in the sky above the power lines. Blue Plasma, in double helix formation, drops out of the vortex. The air surrounding the plasma ripples with intensity. THE PLASMA HELIX wraps itself around a power line like a snake coiled around a tree branch. The plasma turns bright white. It SHOOTS down the length of the line. A highway sign by the road reads -- LOS ANGELES - 75 MILES |
| EXT. -- DOWNTOWN L.A. -- PARKING LOT -- DAY |
| A large crowd; surrounding a stage. Teal and white banners hang above and to each side. They read -- U.N. GLOBAL ANTI-VIOLENCE DAY - AUGUST 28TH, 2000. Several U.S. representatives sit at tables. At the podium, a middle aged man, prepares to speak. Police guard the stage. A FEMALE TV REPORTER tells us about the rally. In her 40's, dark flowing hair, bright blue eyes, blue dress-suit, upper class pedigree type. |
| The U.N. representatives carry a U.N. flag to a flagpole, surrounded by police. We HEAR a rush of dissenting, screaming voices in the background. |