A Million Days
Dir Mitch Jenkins, UK 2023
On digital platforms
A Million Days is a British sci-fi drama that belies its limitations to produce an engrossing and complex chamber piece.
The Earth is experiencing a catastrophic environmental disaster and a ‘Space Seeding’ project is in place to colonise other worlds. On the eve of mission launch, Commander Anderson Reigel (Simon Merrells) and his partner Sam (Kemi-Bo Jacobs), both members of the project, settle down for a romantic farewell evening before Reigel departs for a lunar colony. They are interrupted by colleague Charlie