Lauren Black

@lblackcreative.bsky.social

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Screenwriter and producer. Defender of democracy. Mom of two.

The official poster for the new movie TWISTED, all red featuring Lauren LaVera upside down on the top half, the top of her head melding into that of Djimon Hounsou, in a doctor’s coat and holding up a scalpel, with the word TWISTED in white letters across the middle and the tag line DO NO HARM.
A screenshot from Instagram account @nameswithsteph showing a blonde woman (Steph) in the corner against a coral background. Text reads: Name Order: Country Cool Boy Combos: Cooper Gage Garrett Malone Harrison Jude Jack Delano Keegan Charles Roscoe Hayes Sterling Trent Wayne Alexander
Artwork of Feyre Archeron from Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses, in a dark and snowy would brandishing a bow and arrow. Artwork by Alice Maria Power.
A black and white photo of Edmond Town Hall in Newtown, CT with text reading: “A Gift that Keeps Giving: Edmond Town Hall was a gift from Newtown benefactor Mary Elizabeth Hawley, who named the building after her great grandfather, Judge William Edmond. It served as Newtown's municipal center until 2009, but has always provided a unique space for entertainment, events, sports, governmental, and civic activities. As such, it has been the center of the Newtown's creative community for almost 100 years.”
A logo of a sketch of a book with a flower and the words, in script, “Late Blooming Books.”
View of sunset through the trees from the front step of a house overlooking a lawn with about two inches of snow.
A Hanukkah menorah fully lit for the eight night of the holiday.
A menorah lit for the first night of Hanukkah.
A menorah lit for the first night of Hanukkah.
A school bus window with a decal reading, in green letters outlined in white, “‘Be nice to each other. It’s really all that matters.’ - Dawn Hochsprung” Below the window, in black block letters on the side of the bus, the word “NEWTOWN.”
A graphic that reads: 2025: Year of The Snake You shed, released, and cleared space. What was heavy and fake fell away. What was real remained. 2026: Year of The Horse You move and rise with confidence. Doors open. Momentum returns. You're finally walking in the direction that feels right. 2025 helped you let go. 2026 will help you step in. More specifically, 2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse. Fire brings the heat, adding passion and power to your moves. Meaning you'll step forward boldly, bravely, and unapologetically. 2026 isn't about chasing. It's about arriving.
Screenshot, white words on a black screen: “2025 feels like being awake during surgery.”
A jagged, broken thumbnail.
A pile of pink Starburst and small boxes of pink Nerds, on the counter at the base of a pumpkin.
The crumbling bell tower of a brick building, once part of a state mental institution.
A child dressed in all yellow writes the words “No Kings” in sharpie on a sign.
A Labubu bottle opener that looks like a piece of toast with a Labubu face popping out of a toaster with the word “Yummy.”
Two Labubus lie on a wicker table: Sisi, a peach-colored “Have a Seat” Labubu with closed eyes, and Luck, a “Big Into Energy” Labubu with pastel pink, purple and blue fur.
Crowds mingle among pop-up festival tents on a green in front of an abandoned brick building with the windows blown out.
A spreadsheet with boxes that read: - all beige everything - the guy who'd participate in the Challenge forever, dragging every penny out of his 15 minutes of fame. No ambition, content to ride on wife's coattails. Perpetual stoner. She's wearing the pants, except it's a flowy cream dress - like a modern day Gwen Stefani
Huntrix from KPop Demon Hunters on Netflix
A child’s hands grasp an interactive doll of Anxiety from Inside Out 2.
A patch of poison ivy.
Two photos of Lauren. In the first, from July 2009, she sports honey brown hair. In the second, from July 2025, her hair is silver.
The color of a July bullet journal featuring drawings of jellyfish and sea stars colored in with alcohol markers
A black and white border collie smiles at the camera from the trunk of a car
The Space Shuttle Endeavour on display at the California Science Center in 2018.
Birthday party supplies including plates, cups, goodie bags and a piñata in the shape of the number 7, all in shades of pink and green.
Gold balloon letters spelling the word “seven” strung up before a fireplace.
Screenplay page: CLOSE ON: The screaming face of LOGAN SCOTT, 18. A girl on the verge of a bold new life - if she's brave enough to go for it. Pull out to reveal she's on a... EXT. ROLLER COASTER - SUNSET Alone in the front car, the only one on the ride. The sky tinged pink behind her. LOGAN (V.0.) I am not what you'd call a "roller coaster person." Logan's face contorts in fear as the coaster flies up and down hills. LOGAN (V.O.) Not an adrenaline junkie. Or a risk taker. The car whips around a sharp curve, the wind swallowing Logan's shrieks. LOGAN (V.O.) I like to play it safe. Keep my feet planted firmly on the ground. The coaster comes to screeching halt in the station. LOGAN (V.0.) Or so I thought. Behind the controls: DUFF ELLIS, 20, his effortless cool a striking counterpoint to the tightly-wound Logan. He smirks at her. DUFF Ready to go again? Logan stares at him. Breathless. Panting. And nods.
A capiz shell chandelier dangles above a swimming pool sized bathtub. The walls and ceiling are painted a deep green and a print of Klimt’s “The Kiss” hangs on the wall above a natural wood shelf.
Screenplay page: CLOSE ON: The screaming face of LOGAN SCOTT, 18. A girl on the verge of a bold new life - if she's brave enough to go for it. Pull out to reveal she's on a... EXT. ROLLER COASTER - SUNSET Alone in the front car, the only one on the ride. The sky tinged pink behind her. LOGAN (V.0.) I am not what you'd call a "roller coaster person." Logan's face contorts in fear as the coaster flies up and down hills. LOGAN (V.O.) Not an adrenaline junkie. Or a risk taker. The car whips around a sharp curve, the wind swallowing Logan's shrieks. LOGAN (V.O.) I like to play it safe. Keep my feet planted firmly on the ground. The coaster comes to screeching halt in the station. LOGAN (V.0.) Or so I thought. Behind the controls: DUFF ELLIS, 20, his effortless cool a striking counterpoint to the tightly-wound Logan. He smirks at her. DUFF Ready to go again? Logan stares at him. Breathless. Panting. And nods.
A photo of a bright green brand new playground slide in front of an abandoned brick building with an elegant bell tower blackened with age and misuse. The slide is captioned “me putting on a happy face at the playground.” The abandoned building is captioned “my dark decaying soul.”
Screenshot from article reading: 3. I am (Choose one): * 🔲 A doctor. 🔲 A lawyer (but applying to medical school). 🔲 A disappointment.
A drawing with two panels. The left panel shows a straight arrow pointing up at an angle with the caption “Success: what people think it looks like.” The right panel shows a squiggly arrow, still pointing upward but with a line that circles around and loops back on itself, with the caption: “Success: what it really looks like.”
A drawing with two panels. The top, labeled “YOUR PLAN,” shows a person on a bike and a straight line to a flag at the end. The bottom, labeled “REALITY,” shows a person on a bike facing a much longer path with multiple obstacles including drops, rocks, bridges, a like and a rainstorm.
Lauren poses for a selfie with her dog, a border collie who looks away, wanting nothing to do with her.
Battered bottles of Folk Art and Americana acrylic paints in various shades of green and blue sit on a paint-splattered drop cloth with a makeshift paper plate paint palette behind them.
Screenshot of Staff page for Killer Films on IMDbPro listing: Christine Vachon Principal (Producer) Pamela Koffler Principal (Producer) Gabriel Mayers (III) Head of Film (Producer) Mason Plotts Creative Executive (Producer) Claire Edelman Head of Television
A screenshot of a text chain that reads: hague tonite 👀 hague tonight queen?? hague tonite 👀
A hawk perched on the branch of a tree at the edge of the woods.
A Passover Haggadah passage reading: “Men can be enslaved by poverty and inequality. When the fear of need drives them to dishonesty and violence, to defending the guilty and accusing the innocent-they are slaves. When the work men do enriches others, but leaves them in want of strong houses for shelter, nourishing food for themselves and for their children, and warm clothes to keep out the cold-they are slaves.”
A picture of Lauren with wild, wavy, long grey hair.
A tray of various varieties of bread and olive oil on a restaurant table.
A deck overlook a lawn and woods, encrusted with a thin layer of snow and ice.
Ten-day forecast from Apple Weather app: Today: Rainy, high 48° Sat: Rainy, high 40° Sun: Cloudy, high 54° Mon: Partly cloudy, high 61° Tue: Rainy, high 60° Wed: Windy, high 47° Thu: Sunny, high 53° Fri: Rainy, high 47° Sat: Rainy, high 46° Sun: Partly cloudy, high 47°
Screenshot of a Harper’s Bazaar article headline: Why A Pro-Life World Has A Lot of Dead Women In It "Stop calling anti-abortion activists 'pro-life! They're not." BY JENNIFER WRIGHT PUBLISHED: JUN 19, 2017
Screenshot of an email from FreshPod. The subject header reads: “Your luck is running out, Lauren.” The preview text reads: “Final hours to save green Lauren, Your extra 20% off discount code expires tonig...”
A stylized photo of a much-longer Lauren in a tight, ruched black dress leaning against an old train car holding a black guitar.
Post from Indivisible Guide: We need you to call your Democratic senator ASAP if their name is on this list. Tell your senator you will have their back if they do the right thing and vote NO on the extreme MAGA spending bill that would give Trump more power to dismantle the federal government. These Democratic senators need to hear from their constituents TODAY: Mark Kelly (AZ) Michael Bennet (CO) Brian Schatz (HI) Gary Peters (MI) Tina Smith (MN) Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) Jacky Rosen (NV) Jeanne Shaheen (NH) Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) Jack Reed (RI) If your senator is on this list, use our call page to be automatically connected with their office: indivisi.org/call-now
A sign that reads “The Liberty Bell is a symbol of the American Revolution. It is a symbol of liberties gained and a reminder of liberties denied. It is a relic of the nation's beginning. It has inspired and challenged visitors, especially in times of crisis. Its outline, familiar throughout the world, conveys the idea of the continuing expansion of liberty to new peoples and into new aspects of life.”
An orange Vespa parked on a path in front of a garden.
Two shaggy llamas, one dark brown, the other brown with a white face, stand in a pen in front of a yellow wall, looking at the camera. The pen is decorated with flyers for events at Rowanwood Farm in Sandy Hook, CT.
Excerpt from “Dreams Come to Life”: EXT. SCHOOL - DAY Sophia walks over to Ben. SOPHIA My mom says I can't marry you. BEN Why? SOPHIA Because she said your dad destroyed some of our land and killed our father.
A woman in a tank top and sunglasses, labeled “me,” walking away from a fiery inferno labeled “The Patriarchy.”
Me, in a red tank, cargo pants, walkie mic and a red sparkly and feathered Las Vegas Showgirl headpiece in the office of Exotics Car Racing during the filming of an episode of “La La’s Full Court Life” in 2013.
A baby border collie lies on the floor and stares at the camera, all black except for her white paws, a stripe down her face and her snout, tipped by a pink and black nose.
Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton on SNL holding up a sign, “Love, Actually” style, that reads “HE WILL KILL US ALL.”
President Donald Trump displays a hurricane map altered by a sharpie.
A field of red tulips at Wicked Tulips farm in Preston, Connecticut.