Rocks
Rocks is a 2019 British coming-of-age drama film directed by Sarah Gavron. The film stars Bukky Bakray as Olushola, nicknamed "Rocks", a Black British teenage girl living in Hackney, London, whose single mother abandons her and her younger brother Emmanuel (D’angelou Osei Kissiedu), forcing them to try to avoid being taken into social services.
Plot
Rocks is a teenage girl who lives in London with her younger brother, Emmanuel, and their single mother. She has a tight-knit group of friends. A troublesome new girl, Roché, arrives at Rocks’ school and takes a liking to her, much to the chagrin of Rocks’ friends.
More details
author | Theresa Ikoko |
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director | Sarah Gavron |
editor | Maya Maffioli |
genre | drama social |
keywords | big family credit card foster home group of friends hotel room kick out making money morning on the beach record single mother skipping school social worker teenage girl train ride |
musicBy | Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch |
producer | Ameenah Ayub Allen Faye Ward |
productionCompany | British Film Institute Fable Pictures Film4 Productions The Wellcome Trust |
publisher | Altitude Film Distribution |
theme | female buddy independent |