IF THE SOIL COULD TALK | a Behlo Story

Inspired by African Mythology

Logline:
In a mythic world, unseen hands warp morality, enforce conformity, and erode a people's identity, while a hidden enemy, unable to bear the sun, seeks to steal their skin and walk beneath its rays.

Series Overview:
If the Solid Could Talk is a five-part epic, envisioned as either an animated or live-action series. Over five seasons, the story follows Behlo's lineage, uncovering his ancestral roots, forgotten gods, and the mythic forces threatening to erase everything his people hold sacred.

This first installment sets the stage, introducing the ancestral stakes, the emergence of faceless adversaries, and the early signs of a coming war-- not just for territory, but for the soul of a people.

Core Questions
What must be sacrificed to keep a history, a culture, and a people from vanishing?

How do you fight erasure when your identity, integrity, and traditions are under siege?

In Development
Storyboards are actively underway for both an animated feature adaptation and a serialized webcomic format.