Shades

1999: A tower block contains youths ‘bought off’ by the government, in a climate of microchip-created endless leisure, who experience (often pornographic) virtual reality-style fantasies by donning the titular ‘shades’, until a 1980s theme party (they predicted that right, at least) leads to ideology and political thought seeping in under the dazed lifestyle.

Directed by Bill Hays

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Cast

Tracey Childs

Sheena

Francesca Gonshaw

Julie

Neil Pearson

Adam

Stuart MacKenzie

Joe

Emily Moore

Kate

Shelagh McLeod

Diana

Tony Benn

Self (archive footage)

Helen Caldicott

Self (archive footage)

Michael Feldman

Tony

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