PREVIEW: A Brixton Tale (15 TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Lily Newmark (Pin Cushion), Ola Orebiyi (Limbo), Jaime Winstone (Made in Dagenham), Craige Middleburg (CO-D), Barney Harris (Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk), Lee Nicholas Harris (Stratton), Karen Ascoe (Weight), Anna Sedunova (Deny), Sophie Ablett (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Darragh Carey (film debut), director, writer, producer; Bertrand Desrochers (film debut), director; Rupert Baynham (film debut), writer, producer; Chi Mai (film debut), writer; Beau Rambaut (film debut), producer; Peter Venne (The God Cells), composer; Kristof Brandl (film debut), cinematographer; Derek Holland (The Drummer and the Keeper), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Leah (Newmark), a wealthy YouTuber, chooses Benji (Orebiyi), a shy youth, as the subject of her documentary on life in Brixton. They begin to fall for each other, but a desperate urgency for compelling footage soon takes the two of them down a much darker path…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The debut feature from directors Darragh Carey and Bertrand Desrochers examines class, race, and privilege in a gritty romance with a tough, unexpected edge.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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