Black Medicine available on digital platforms from 12th July
Date Posted: June 25, 2021
Colum Eastwood’s dark crime thriller, Black Medicine, will be released by Signature Entertainment on digital platforms from Monday 12th July.
Jo, a black-market medic carries out illegal operations for the criminal underworld. When she gives refuge to a young girl, Jo must choose between breaking her medical oath or crossing her ruthless employers.
Black Medicine stars Antonia Campbell-Hughes (3096 Days, The Other Side of Sleep), Orla Brady (American Horror Story, Collateral, The Foreigner), Amybeth McNulty (Anne with an E, Morgan), John Connors (Cardboard Gangsters, King of the Travellers) and Lalor Roddy (Grabbers, Hunger).
The screenplay, written and directed by Screen International Star of Tomorrow 2020 Colum Eastwood, is the eleventh film to come through Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme. Financed by Northern Ireland Screen, produced by 23Ten Productions and post-production house Yellowmoon, it was filmed entirely on location in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme aims to deliver one debut feature by a Northern Ireland resident creative team (writer, director and producer) each year.
