“THE GIRL THE DARKNESS RAISED” by A.L. Childers

Cinematic, haunting, emotional, unforgettable.

“A memoir about survival, silence, and rising —
The Girl the Darkness Raised by A.L. Childers.
This story feels cinematic, atmospheric, and painfully real.
Exploring themes seen in projects by @A24, @NetflixFilm, and @HelloSunshine.”

The Girl the Darkness Raised: A Memoir of Scarcity, Survival, and Becoming

🎵 OPENING — AUDIO

Sound: Soft wind, like breath moving through a hollow room.
A single piano note.
Then another.
Slow… echoing… fragile.

📽️ SCENE 1 — THE HOUSE

Visual: A dim hallway of an old Southern house. Wallpaper peeling. A single light flickering.
Child-sized footsteps slowly walk across old wooden floors.

Voiceover (soft, haunting):
“Some children are raised by parents…
and some are raised by the darkness those parents never healed.”

📽️ SCENE 2 — THE CHILD

Visual: A little girl, maybe 7 or 8, sits on the floor by her bed, knees pulled to her chest.
Her face is turned away — we never fully see her.

Voiceover:
“I learned early which floorboards screamed…
and which ones stayed quiet enough to keep me safe.”

📽️ SCENE 3 — POVERTY

Visual: Empty fridge.
A plate with only a biscuit.
Hands brushing crumbs to pretend there’s still something left.

Voiceover:
“Hunger was a teacher.
Silence was a second language.
Shame was the thread woven through everything.”

🎵 AUDIO SHIFT

Softer piano becomes deeper. A slow heartbeat begins underneath.

📽️ SCENE 4 — THE NIGHT EVERYTHING CHANGED

Visual: A crack in a bedroom door.
Light spills out.
The camera pushes closer… the sound cuts out…
then the door SLAMS shut.

Voiceover (lower, breaking):
“One night took what childhood I had left…
and buried it deeper than anyone could see.”

📽️ SCENE 5 — ADULTHOOD / MOTHERHOOD

Visual:
A grown woman (A.L.) stirring a pot on the stove…
helping with homework…
crying quietly in the bathroom with the water running.

Voiceover:
“I didn’t grow up — I endured.
And endurance followed me…
into motherhood…
into anxiety…
into a world where no one knew the cost of my smile.”

🎵 AUDIO BUILD

Low drums fade in — soft, tribal, steady.
A pulse.
A rise.

📽️ SCENE 6 — THE BECOMING

Visual:
Hands gripping a steering wheel in silence.
A journal opening.
A woman standing alone at sunrise, breathing for the first time.

Voiceover:
“But there comes a day… when survival isn’t enough.”
“A day when the girl you left behind… demands to come home.”

📽️ SCENE 7 — THE RISE

Visual:
Soft-focus montage:
• A.L. writing at a desk
• A page turning
• A woman stepping out of a dark doorway into daylight
• Trees shifting in wind
• The girl from the beginning — now older — standing in sunlight

Voiceover (stronger):
“This is the story of how I found her.”
“How I stopped disappearing.”
“How I rose from the very shadows that created me.”

📽️ FINAL SCENE — THE COVER REVEAL

Visual:
Black screen.
Slow fade-in to the book cover:
THE GIRL THE DARKNESS RAISED
by A.L. Childers

Voiceover (final, powerful):
“She didn’t grow up in the dark…
the dark grew up around her.”
“And she rose anyway.”

🎵 END AUDIO

Single piano note.
Fade to silence.

📢 TEXT ON SCREEN

AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 17, 2025
A memoir of survival, silence, and becoming.
For readers of Educated, The Glass Castle, and Untamed.

#TheGirlTheDarknessRaised #ALChilders #Memoir2025 #WomenWhoRise

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Film Rights Now Available for A.L. Childers’ Memoir

THE GIRL THE DARKNESS RAISED: A Memoir of Scarcity, Survival, and Becoming

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: November 2025
Author: A.L. Childers
Genre: Memoir / Survival / Women’s Stories
Status: Film, Television, Limited Series & Streaming Rights Now Available

🌑 ANNOUNCING FILM RIGHTS FOR A LITERARY MEMOIR ALREADY BEING CALLED “CINEMATIC & HAUNTING.”

A.L. Childers is officially offering exclusive film, television, and streaming rights for her 2025 memoir:

THE GIRL THE DARKNESS RAISED

A Memoir of Scarcity, Survival, and Becoming

A raw, atmospheric, emotionally charged memoir about poverty, trauma, motherhood, generational wounds, and the rebirth of a woman who returns to rescue the girl she had to abandon to survive.

Told in haunting, cinematic scenes, this memoir has been described by early readers as:

✨ “The next Educated.”
✨ “A southern Glass Castle — but darker, more poetic, and painfully real.”
✨ “A story that feels like a film already.”

Perfect for adaptation as a limited series, prestige drama, or A24-style psychological film, The Girl the Darkness Raised is positioned to resonate with audiences of:

Netflix (Maid, Unbelievable)
A24 (The Florida Project, Moonlight)
Hello Sunshine / Reese Witherspoon (Wild, Tiny Beautiful Things)
Apple TV+ (The Morning Show, Lessons in Chemistry)
Amazon Studios (The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart)
FX / Hulu (The Act, Under the Banner of Heaven)

🎥 WHY THIS MEMOIR IS A POWERFUL ADAPTATION CANDIDATE

🔥 1. Built-in Cinematic Structure

Told in vivid, movie-ready scenes with strong visual and emotional beats.

🔥 2. Universal Emotional Themes

Poverty, childhood trauma, survival, motherhood, anxiety, healing, rebirth — stories audiences connect to deeply.

🔥 3. Strong Female Lead With Broad Audience Appeal

A complex, raw, resilient Southern woman whose story offers both devastation and hope.

🔥 4. A Ready-Made Journey for a Limited Series

Each chapter reads like an episode:
Scarcity → Silence → Trauma → Survival → Motherhood → Breaking → Becoming.

🔥 5. The Memoir Market Is Hot

With the massive success of Educated, The Maid, Tiny Beautiful Things, and Hillbilly Elegy, the market is primed for raw, poetic Southern stories.

📩 RIGHTS INQUIRIES & CONTACT

Producers, agents, and acquisition teams may contact directly:

A.L. Childers
📧 Audreychilders@hotmail.com
🌐 http://www.TheHypothyroidismChick.com
📍 Based in North & South Carolina
🎭 Film, Television & Streaming Rights Available Worldwide

Professional inquiries only.

🎞️

@NetflixFilm • @A24 • @PrimeVideo • @AppleTVPlus • @HelloSunshine • @ReesesBookClub • @Hulu • @FXNetworks • @NetflixQueue • @AmazonStudios

🖋️ ABOUT THE AUTHOR

A.L. Childers is a multi-genre author of over 200 titles, blending memoir, women’s empowerment, social commentary, health advocacy, and raw storytelling.
Her writing style is cinematic, haunting, and emotionally immersive — making her books natural candidates for film and television adaptation.

🔥 LOG LINE FOR PRODUCERS

A woman raised by poverty, silence, and the night that stole her innocence fights her way through motherhood, anxiety, and generational wounds to reclaim the girl she had to abandon to survive.

🎬 RIGHTS STATUS: AVAILABLE

This story is ready for adaptation.
The darkness raised her.
The world is ready to watch her rise.