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Or I’ll come in there and tear it off.
Several other prisoners, despite the cramped conditions,
either try to dissuade the fighters or offer aid.
Squeezed between people, choking, Beth touches her neck,
brings her hand back to see BLOOD.
INT. FERRY - WHEELHOUSE
The Ferry Captain is at the helm. He wears a WOOLEN
WATCHCAP, has a weathered face. A compact SUBMACHINE GUN
is holstered in a leather HOLSTER stowed at his hip,
keeping it out of the seafarer’s way.
WHEELHOUSE POV - MATIU/SOMES ISLAND (HAND HELD)
The wharf and a GUARDHOUSE inch closer. SALT SPRAY CRASHES
over the bow.
EXT. MATIU/SOMES ISLAND - PIER
Several Guards wearing DARK GREY UNIFORMS stand orderly
along the jetty, waiting for new arrivals. Fixed BAYONETS.
Behind the troops, the Intelligence Agent stands talking
with the CAMP COMMANDANT, a tall imposing figure.
INT. FERRY - BELOW DECK
The CAGE DOOR is open. RIFLE BUTTS provide some brutal
encouragement to move.
One woman falls to such punishment and is crushed under
foot as the prisoners are herded above decks.
A man tries to help the fallen woman and only succumbs to
the same treatment.
EXT. MATIU/SOMES ISLAND - PIER
Beth steps off the GANGPLANK.
Awaiting Guards about-turn inland. Two ranks on either
side of the PIER march alongside the new arrivals.
On either side there is a Dog Handler, trying to control
their ATTACK DOGS as they BARK, instilling fear in the
prisoners.