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Brash Young Turks

Two young men and a young woman stand indoors, the woman centred, dressed in high-end fashion, posing with composed confidence, with a casino-style dice board in the background
Teenage girl in a hooded jacket sits alone on a London river barge, with the Lots Road Power Station in the background.
Young couple sit closely together on a sandy beach, the girl holding a heart-shaped lollipop, framed as a cinematic still with vibrant colour.
Middle-aged man with well-groomed grey hair aims a shotgun in a tense pose, a bruise around one eye, set against a gritty urban background, framed as a cinematic still.
A young boy wearing a trilby hat, and girl sit in a colourful diner with a milkshake on the table, engaged in a flirtatious interaction.
Terrell Mackintosh, played by Paul Chiedozie, is shown in a stylised portrait wearing fashionable clothing, with an intense, confident expression in an urban setting.
Mia, a teenage girl played by Melissa Latouche, is shown inside a nightclub environment with strobe lighting.
Dave, played by Charlie Macgechan, is shown in an urban setting with an intense facial expression.
A woman wearing latex clothing interacts with a man in an urban setting, both in close proximity.

Synopsis

Set in a stylised, fast-moving London, Brash Young Turks follows a new breed of hustlers—flashy, unapologetic, and operating beyond their lane—led by Terrell Mackintosh, a magnetic figure who drives his crew from street-level survival into a world of high-stakes ambition and influence.

When Mia, a care-leaver searching for love and escape, is pulled into his orbit, she enters a volatile world defined by hustle, risk, and the pursuit of elevation. Moving through the cut-throat arenas of sales and property, where image is currency and success is measured in money, status, and power, the group chase opportunity at any cost.

But as ambition intensifies, loyalty begins to fracture. What once felt like progress turns unstable, and the personal and material costs of rising become impossible to ignore.
Told through intersecting storylines and a visceral, hyper-kinetic style, the film captures a generation in motion—restless, defiant, and unwilling to accept limitation, no matter the consequences.

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 min
Director
Naeem Mahmood, Ash Mahmood 1st Feature
Producer
Charlie Fletcher, Naeem Mahmood, Ash Mahmood, Bernard Kordieh
Editor
Peita Lurie, Naeem Mahmood
Screenwriter
Paul Danquah, Naeem Mahmood, Ash Mahmood
Director of Photography
Stephen Roach
Composer
Edwin Sykes
Principal cast
Julian Glover, Melissa Latouche, Tom Bott, Paul Chiedozie, Charlie Macgechan, Kimberley Marren, Annie Cooper, Charles Mnene, Annabelle Lanyon, Niall Costigan, Vidal Sancho, Richard Shelton, English Frank, D Double E
Associate Producers
Ola Okunrinboye, Melissa Latouche

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