Medicine for the Apocalypse

Medicine for the Apocalypse

2021 · 10 min · Science Fiction

In a subterranean bunker, a man - rescued from the wasteland above - must lie about being a doctor in order to be deemed worthy of saving.

Directed by Eddie McGowan · Written by Luke Button

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