THE LONG SPRING
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FORMAT Limited Season, 4 episode HETV
GENRE Drama
THEMES People smuggling, hope, politics
BUDGET £1m total production cost
SYNOPSIS
Arron and his siter Kika are crammed in a lorry containter amongst many other refugees. Kika is terrified. Arron does his best to keep her spirits up.
Hours turn to days, water runs low and Arron's positiivty starts to crumble when another refugess suspects their smugglers may actually be traffickers. The possible fate of a life of slave labour forces Arron to consider if a pessimistic worldview is what will save them.
PROOF OF CONCEPT
The privately financed short film version of The Long Spring was recently featured in The Hollywood Reporter (screen grab below) and has already received BIFA qualifying festival selections from the first 2 months of it's festival run.
At it's heart The Long Spring TV series investigates life in the UK for those trafficked, and the choices they have to make in order to survive. We also see a window into the world of one man who is on the inside of the trafficking ring as a driver, who makes a choice to save one the trafficked refugees. The series is as much about highlighting the plight of "work" trafficked humans (something not seen in drama as readily as sex trafficking) as showing the redemption arc of the character on the inside.
The Long Spring and writer / director Olly Ginelli were also featured in The Hollywood Reporter
FEATURING MODERN RITUALS MEMBERS
WRITER Olly Ginelli
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