SPILL
synopsis
In imagining the not so distant future, a large-scale industrial accident occurs off the shores of a populous, nameless metropolis, throwing our three primary characters onto separate tangents of action that will dramatically and unexpectedly converge.
The EXECUTIVE, in charge of the multi-national corporation at the centre of the accident, is late in traveling to a contentious meeting with the press and company shareholders. The GRAD STUDENT, a young biologist at a local university, is anxious to round up her colleagues and get to the coastline to protect the local wildlife. The SOCCER MOM, concerned about a mass run on the super markets for emergency supplies, makes a desperate dash for a big box store while forgetting to pick up her daughter from soccer practice.
All three characters, from very different walks of life, are on a collision course with each other and the inescapable truth that continues to elude humanity to this day: the fallacy of the Greek classical divide of microcosm from macrocosm. The universe of SPILL is an undivided one - the choices of one affect the futures of many. SPILL is a wakeup call for human solidarity - whether we want it or not.