Cameron: The Film script

by Iain McLean

“Cameron” is a drama set during1990 in the magical light of the Scottish Hebrides and Iona. Based on a true story, the disgraced African footballer, Cameron, escapes to Scotland in search of the grave of the only man his grandmother ever loved. He confronts tribal competitiveness and sexual jealousy. Lost and alone, he is driven towards his goal by the blossoming power of female intent from an independent Claire, a motherly Gwen and a feisty Eleanor. Each knows from their own relationships that, "if you give a man enough rope he'll hang himself". Tales of Celtic myth and legend parallel African myth and legend, a macho island football derby survives a racist inciting sex scandal. There is a controversial birth, a “man o’ the mountains” drug-fuelled challenge trophy, a terrifying school lecture on African tribal sex education, a life coaching course run by a Bishop for drug addicted managers from the Nigerian bank of Greece, the coming out of a sixteen year-old computer hacker, and confession by fire; all set alight by the presence of a man who exposes an island people to be a microcosm of what is happening in the world today - Cameron.

+ Bonus short film "Sex & Football".

Iain McLean has written screenplays for film production companies in Hollywood, London and Madrid.

192 pages, Paperback

Published December 13, 2022