Project Detail

The Virus

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
Composer
Anthony Brown
Principal cast
Charles Mneme, Kelle Bryan, Robert Fitch, Luti Fagbenele, Leon Herbert

Production Status

Production Company

dir_kole@yahoo.co.uk

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