Project Detail

The Banana Republic

Derek Anderson

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.

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Details

Year: 2015
Type of project: 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
Composer: Ali Murray
Principal cast: Derek Anderson

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Creative Scotland

Waverley Gate
2 - 4 Waterloo Place
Edinburgh
EH1 3EG

enquiries@creativescotland.com

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