Shooting Magpies
Synopsis
In the ex-colliery villages of East Durham, there is an abyss: falling down it is an easy thing. In a dangerous landscape, Barry, 40-year-old ex-youth worker, occasional labourer, wryly comic storyteller and single father, watches out for his 12-year-old son Callum. His eye is drawn to Emma, a 22-year-old with two children, Jade, 7 and Shannon, 4. Barry likes to help, likes kids and likes Emma. But Emma has her own worries.
The film follows her personal journey as she single-mindedly tries to get her partner Darren off heroin: as she acquires the cocktail of drugs that will see him through his 'rattle' and takes him to 'The Breakies', a bleakly isolated collection of fishing huts, out beyond the steelworks, at the mouth of the Tees. And it follows Barry, Jade, Shannon and Callum in tow, picking up the pieces in a community that has moved further and further away from the economic mainstream. The abyss yawns and Barry negotiates the difficult terrain opening up from his own serious misjudgements. Watched by the disapproving Callum, his attempts to help Emma draw him ever closer to the edge.
Details
- Year
- 2004
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- tbc
- Format
- DigiBeta
- Director
- Amber Production Team
- Producer
- Amber Production Team
- Editor
- Amber Production Team
- Screenwriter
- Amber Production Team
- Director of Photography
- Amber Production Team
- Sound
- Amber Production Team
- Music
- Amber Production Team
- Principal Cast
- Emma Harker, Barry Group, Darren Bell
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 7th September 2006
