Series Special Presentation

Grime Kids

Rocks screenwriter Theresa Ikoko returns to the Festival with an exuberant drama series set during the early years of the East London grime scene.

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Credits

  • Episodes 1 and 2

  • Series Creator-Screenwriter

    Theresa Ikoko

  • Director

    Abdou Cisse

  • With

    Juwon Adedokun, Delove Akra, Yus Jamal Crookes

  • UK 2023. 89min

  • Courtesy of

    BBC

  • Language

    English

Introduction

It’s 2001 and school’s out for the summer. Energised by the DIY spirit around them, Dane and his friends are eager to form a crew and get their music on pirate station Rinse FM. Ikoko’s fictional drama, loosely inspired by a book by DJ Target, perfectly captures a sense of time and place, and the moment when a local subculture was about to explode.

Rowan Woods

Content warning

Contains flashing images.

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