Tipping Point
In a future Middle Eastern nation on the brink, an architect鈥檚 dream to save her homeland threatens to tear it apart as her daughter questions the true cost of survival.
Written by Hannah Khalil
In 2040, a Middle Eastern nation is struggling to survive rising temperatures and rolling power cuts. Architect Noura Halim has devoted her life to designing a new kind of city, one that could protect people from the worsening climate and keep her country alive. But as construction begins, the project drains the nation鈥檚 fragile resources, workers are pushed to breaking point, and her teenage daughter Amal begins to question everything her mother believes in.
As tensions rise at home and across the country, Noura must confront the cost of her own ambition and the possibility that her dream of salvation could destroy the very place she鈥檚 trying to save.
Tipping Point was developed through OKRE Experimental Stories supported by Wellcome in consultation with Dr Robert Hughes of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Dr Candice Howarth of the London School of Economics.
Cast:
Noura . . . . . Nadia Albina
Amal . . . . . Eleanor Nawal
Steve . . . . . Clive Hayward
Mr Felix . . . . . Angus Wright
Jamila . . . . . Tanvi Virmani
TV Presenter . . . . . Jasmine Hyde
Noura's Assistant . . . . . Sasha McCabe
Production co-ordinator: Sara Benaim
Sound design: Sharon Hughes
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko
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