Gas Attack
Synopsis
Set amongst the high rise estates of Glasgow, the home of many recently arrived asylum seekers as part of the government's dispersal programme. The drama begins during an apparently commonplace winter flu epidemic. But doctors are puzzled by the strange symptoms of this flu and cannot understand why it is only affecting a relatively small cross-section of the community. One asylum support unit worker is not satisfied by the flu argument and wonders if environmental health hazards are to blame. But when one man dies, the post mortem results reveal the shocking truth - the deadly germ anthrax killed him.
But even in the face of this evidence, the authorities are unwilling to believe what is becoming increasingly obvious - that north Glasgow has been subject to a silent and deadly terrorist attack. Someone has deliberately released anthrax amongst the immigrant community and the panic both inside and outside the hospital is mounting fast. Central to the drama is a Kurdish refugee, Sherko, and his 12 year old daughter, Resa. Sherko remembers the full horror of being gassed in northern Iraq by Saddam Hussein and now watches in horror as his daughter succumbs to the deadly infection.
Details
- Year
- 2002
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 71 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
- Kenny Glenaan
- Producer
- David Hart
- Executive Producer
- David Hart
- Editor
- Kristina Hetherington
- Screenwriter
- Rowan Joffe
- Director of Photography
- Graham Smith
- Sound
- Stuart Bruce
- Music
- Max De Wardener
- Principal Cast
- Sherko Zen Aloush, Bewae Hassan, Robina Qureshi, Morag Calder, Laurie Ventry, Liam Brennan
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 26th November 2005
