Mr Morag’s Helical dreams  (2009) Running time 14 minutes

President Barack Obama 9th March 2009

“Human cloning is dangerous, profoundly wrong and has no place in society.”

Ever since Dolly the sheep came to life in 1996,and the list of cloned species grows, the prospect of cloning a human being is now a reality in the modern world. Why would it be done ?

Mr Morag’s Helical Dreams explores one of the often quoted reasons to justify cloning , therapeutic applications. It is set in a hypothetical world where human cloning happens. Dr Bernard  Aldous ,founder of the “New Millennium Medical centre”  takes us through the case of Morag who developed  kidney failure in childhood and was cloned  at young age and the clone’s kidney was donated back to him when he reached the age of thirty.

The story unfolds in the immediate post operative period of the kidney transplant from clone to the original. The ethical dilemma of accepting his clone’s kidney vexes Morag’s subconscious and is played out in his dreams. However, the transplant goes badly and the story ends with a twist of events which questions the whole purpose of cloning for therapeutic ends.

Now screened at :

Newtown Flicks Short Film festival 2010

Palm Spring’s Buyer’s Market 2010

Indy Film Fest 2009

To be featured at the Doc Art Festival 2010

This film was selected by Blake Whitman on his channel ” These are Videos” on Vimeo. It is a selection of his Favorite work on Vimeo.

Mr Morag’s Helical Dreams from VTV rider on Vimeo.