PREVIEW: Pirates (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Elliot Edusah (1917), Jordan Peters (Blue Story), Reda Elazouar (Outside the Wire), Kassius Nelson (Last Night in Soho), Youssef Kerkour (Cross Eyed), Rebekah Murrell (film debut), Aaron Shosanya (Broken Lines), Tosin Cole (The Souvenir), Shiloh Coke (Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw), Tsion Habte (Foster), Peyvand Sadeghian (The Numbers)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Reggie Yates (film debut), director, writer; Polly Leys (Second Coming) and Kate Norrish (Second Coming), producers; Rachel Clark (Concrete Plans), cinematographer; Ash White (Days of the Bagnold Summer), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

It’s New Year’s Eve 1999, and eighteen-year-old friends Cappo (Edusah), Two Tonne (Peters) and Kidda (Elazouar) are driving through London in search of the ultimate Millennium party, where they are determined to end the century in style…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Reggie Yates makes his feature directorial debut with a vibrant coming-of-age story with a killer soundtrack and a poignant look at British youth on the cusp of adulthood.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 26TH NOVEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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