Ruth’s Ghosts

RUTH’S GHOSTS is a six-part supernatural legal thriller set in a near-future America where abortion is criminalized, pregnant women are tracked and international travel and mail-order pills are banned via the reinstated Comstock Laws from 1873. At the heart of this New Orleans thriller is a family of three generations of women with opposing values: Ruth—a formidable Evangelical corporate litigator with an ability to “see” beyond the ordinary—finds her world upended when her 13-year-old granddaughter, Liv, is discovered to be dangerously pregnant and won't say how it happened. Determined to save Liv’s soul, Ruth sues her own daughter, Naomi, for custody of Liv. Naomi, a liberal gay jazz singer must battle her mother's suit while also fighting in court to secure a medical abortion for Liv and trying to uncover the perpetrator’s identity. Liv, torn between the evangelical teachings instilled by Ruth and her mother’s desire to save her body, spirals into crisis. As the family [...] Project details and contacts on Series Mania+