Project Detail

The Banana Republic

Synopsis

Leith’s Cables Wynd housing estate, known locally as the “Banana Flats”, became notorious as the crime-ridden centre of Europe’s heroin epidemic in the 1980s. The film follows a photographer and former resident who embarks on a quest to document the triumphs and tragedies that exist inside the estate’s 204 flats.

Details

Year
2015
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
10 mins
Format
HD
Director
Scott Calonico
Producer
Lindsay Goodall
Executive Producer
Sonja Henrici, Noe Mendelle
Editor
Anthea Harvey
Director of Photography
George Cameron Geddes
Sound
Ali Murray
Music
Ali Murray
Principal cast
Derek Anderson

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Production Status

Production Company

Creative Scotland

Waverley Gate
2 - 4 Waterloo Place
Edinburgh
EH1 3EG

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