Project Detail

Indignitas

A middle-aged man in a grey suit dances awkwardly before flowers, green light reflecting off his blue suede shoes in a cold, clinical room.

A young Black woman in a white doctor’s coat extends a remote in a sterile, white-lit room glowing with cold, dystopian light.

A weary white man in his sixties stares ahead, blue eyes rimmed red, as mint-green light casts a cold, dystopian glow around him.

In a grey, sterile waiting room, eight weary people sit silently as a Black woman in a white coat stands before them amid a cold, dystopian glow.

Synopsis

With another financial collapse in full swing and the state unable to fund pensions or elderly care, the government launches the Voluntary Euthanasia Scheme. Parents over a certain age can end their lives in exchange for free healthcare, education, and housing for their children. Fair exchange?
Promoted through glossy ads and high-street clinics as convenient as coffee shops, the scheme even offers a “two-for-one” deal for couples.
Philip Foster, recently redundant and father to three, is cornered by debt. Desperate to give his family a future, he secretly books into the sterile Freedom Clinic, where plastic flowers and cold efficiency set the tone. Dr. Mort, calm and courteous, helps him plan his death with unnerving precision—selecting funeral details, background music, and a simulated beach scene for his final moments.
As Philip drinks the fatal potion, he faces the bitter irony of a world that commodifies compassion. Only after his body slumps do we discover Dr. Mort’s true nature - she’s an AI.
Official Selection Urbanworld Film Festival 2025

Details

Year: 2024
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 18 min 18 sec
Format: Digital
Director: Darcia Martin
Producer: Natalie Yesufu-Edwards, Paul Furlong
Co-Producer: Morgan Stephen
Executive Producer: Marcus Browning, Natalie Edward-Yesufu, Paul Furlong, Darcia Martin, Jonathan Skinner, Morgan J. Stephenson,
Editor: Xavier Russell
Screenwriter: Jonathan Skinner
Director of Photography: Tom Hines
Production Designer: Caitlin Mills
Sound: Michael Lambert
Composer: Felix Buxton
Principal cast: Mark Addy, Bethany Antonia
Other Lead Creative(s): Adi Gordon

Genre

Black Drama Sci-Fi Science Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Transition Stage Company

Natalie Samantha Adele -Denev (known as Natalie Edward-Yesufu)

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