Camcorder Guerillas Film

Visit Dungavel...
Monster of the Glen
Imagine escaping persecution in your own country, only to be locked up without trial in Dungavel. According to Amnesty International, the UK detains an estimated 25,000 asylum seekers every year: men, women and children. Camcorder Guerillas believes that asylum is a right, not a crime.

Using documentary, testimony, animation, original music and drama, Visit Dungavel: Monster of the Glen (25 mins), is a shocking, funny, informative and moving series of short films about detention - and, since this is a Camcorder Guerilla film - what to do about it!

Featuring guest appearances by screen stars Gary Lewis (Yes, Ae Fond Kiss, Billy Elliot) and Cora Bisset (High Times, Rebus), and guest directing by BAFTA-winning actor/director Alison Peebles (Afterlife, Sex Traffic, Taggart) this film lifts the lid on Dungavel, detention and deportation.

Using documentary, testimony, animation, original music and drama, Visit Dungavel: Monster of the Glen (25 mins), is a shocking, funny, informative and moving series of short films about detention - and, since this is a Camcorder Guerilla film - what to do about it!

The DVD is split into 9 shorts which can be viewed/used on their own:

The Removed (2:46 mins)
How does it feel when the snacth squad comes to your door?

Dungavelland (0:30 mins)
Enter the world of Dungavel and find out how the turreted castle came to be a prison for asylum seekers

Born in Dungavel (2:00 mins)
Meet the Scottish Conservative politician who was born in Dungavel

Even Children? (4:00 mins)
The UK locks up over 25,000 asylum seekers every year. Men, women, and, yes, even children.

Suicide Watch (3:40 mins)
Many asylum seekers have been left utterly desperate. Why aren't we listening?

Escape (1:30 mins)
So how do you get out of Dungavel, Scotland's only detention centre? Meet someone who has.

Sums for beginners (3:50 mins)
How much are you paying to keep men women and children behind barbed wire? And who makes the profit?

Get on the plane (1:40)
Scotland: a thousand welcomes, a thousand farewells - this is how we send asylum seekers home.

Things to do in Scotland (1:15 mins)
Take action now! Famous Scots, past and present, show you how it's done.

Camcorder Guerilla dungavel short 'The Removed' is now on-line to view on the SuperShorts website at http://supershorts.org.uk/view.html?id=509

Camcorder Guerillas is a Glasgow-based voluntary collective of independent, radical filmmakers, activists and artists. The collective make and showcase films and documentaries that raise awareness of the social justice issues facing our local communities.
http://www.camcorderguerillas.net