Astons Union

By Makki Makki

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FADE IN: EXT. LOCATION Lozells Aston Birmingham. Drone shot captures
mid afternoon hustle and day to day activity. It is NOW.
FADE OUT.

FADE IN: To superhero cartoon. A villain appears.

VILLAIN
We will not tolerate dissent! Launch
the nukes and wipe them all out!

HEROES Descend and protect the population as all out war in a

Manga/MCU style breaks out.

ZOOM OUT: The cartoon is on a monitor. Reveal a satellite studio

channel called ‘Nur TV’. Various operatives are engaged in
production and monitoring.
Our protagonist and cartoon producer ‘MARK’,gets up from his
workstation and the camera follows him as he exits the production
room and exits down a flight of stairs giving salams to the passing
admin staff.
MARK exits the building and goes to adjoining mosque where he meets
SUFI who ushers him into a crowded room where an old shaykh is
giving a very intense and serious talk to the gathered congregation
in URDU.

MARK and SUFI sit down and the two men bow there heads as MARK
notices SUFI stifle laughter while the gathered look chastened. The
Shaykh points at MARK and the cohort all turn their heads in unison
making MARK feel awkward.
MARK
(whispering) Whats he saying?
SUFI
(whispering) I’ll tell you in a bit
SUFI is still stifling laughter. The congregation return their gaze
to venerable shaykh.
INT. LOCATION Long corridor outside the meeting room as the faithful
exit heading to the main prayer hall.MARK and SUFI exit the meeting
room and we follow their slow progress to the main hall.

MARK
You’re killing me SUF’s What did he say?

SUFI
(Sniggering) Well, The lads have been neglectful
Of their duties and the shaykh said if you
Want to see a real sufi brother look at YOU!

MARK
Great. Just great.

The two young men say their congregational prayers and Hajji Sab
calls SUFI who is the Mosque Secretary to one side and they have a
conversation out of earshot of MARK. SUFI is overseeing upgrades to
the Mosques facilities.
SUFI walks over to MARK.

SUFI
We’ve got a job to do. We need to clean
Out the basement before refurbishment.

EXT: Outside the Mosque a pile of old vandalised Qurans and other
books are on a table next to a flaming glowing oil drum. Its late
evening and a large satellite dish is on a roof transmitting the
Mpeg 2 streaming content to a global audience.
Hajji Sab a hulking strong 70 year old from Pakistan is instructing
SUFI and MARK in his thick strong accent.
 HAJJI SAB
The kids have no respect! Shaykh said we must
Burn the Qurans because they write all over them

MARK
WOAH! Isn’t this like haram. Didn’t
Riot break out over that blasphemous
Video on youtube. I heard people are dead

SUFI
Shaykh said its okay. IT’s all about
the niyat the intention. Anyway all
Other mureeds were scared and you’re a convert
with less cultural baggage

MARK
OH I see. Always got an angle.

The three men ceremoniously and reverently add the sacred pages to
the roaring flames muttering bismillahs under their breath

SUFI
If Ferdinand and Isabellah saw this!

MARK
Huh? OH yeah Moorish Spain after their 900
Year Islamic state came to an end. Mad ting.

HAJJI SAB grabs a large volume that looks like something from the
Antiques roadshow.
 MARK
Hey! Wait. What’s that. Give it here

HAJJI SAB
It is just old rubbish!

MARK
Let’s have a look. (OPENS BOOK AND READS)
No way. 1933 to 1955. (BEAT) hmmm. Before
AND after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan.
(BEAT)I wonder if Birmingham is connected to
The Manhattan Project in some way.

SUFI
What is it?

MARK
It looks like meeting minutes

SUFI
Ah, Watley and Son used to own this building.
They were accountants. It appears we have
One of their clients books.

MARK
I’ll take it. Might be worth a few quid.

HAJJI SAB
They will laugh at US! Say we are uncultured
Because we were about to burn it.
 MARK
It’s got signatures.

SUFI
IF you sell it just make a small donation
It would be much appreciated

MARK
OF course. Yeah. I’ll bung something back.

MARK walks towards a window that is throwing out light from the
interior.

CLOSE UP: We follow the words and dates as they come to life and we
are transported to Lozells Aston in 1933……..
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Writer Makki Makki published sci-fi short story

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Birmingham Universities contribution to the Nuclear Bomb Manhattan

Project
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/his
tory/research/projects/rudolf-peierls.aspx
African American exposed the lie abut nuclear radiation
https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/180917
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/science/charles-loeb-atomic-
bomb.html
Christopher Nolans next project about the Manhattan Project
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Boris wants more British based BBC/ITV Netflix drama

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