Project Detail

The Virus

Saybian Morgan

Synopsis

This story takes placed somewhere between the present and the future. Loosely set within the science fiction genre we enter a time when the government have declared societies urban youth as out of control and in need of readjustment. Sighting the medias glamorisation and endorsement of images of cultural resistance, namely hip-hops 'ghetto fabulous' aesthetic as a root cause of the problem, a new antisocial law has been decreed. It has been declared that any unruly youth must be rounded up and literally reprogrammed in order for them to fit more harmoniously into current society. The idea is to first remove from their mind images associated with the 'ghetto fabulous' culture and then implant a microchip containing a standardised alternative that allows them to quietly reintegrate.

Details

Year: 2007
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 10 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Kole Onile-ere
Producer: Kole Onile-ere
Editor: Nickki Porter, Nick McCaherty
Screenwriter: Kole Onile-ere
Director of Photography: Drik Tan
Production Designer: Alistar Saunders
Sound: Art4Noise
Music: Anthony Brown
Principal cast: Charles Mneme, Kelle Bryan, Robert Fitch, Luti Fagbenele, Leon Herbert