Flashmob
Synopsis
Akeem is a troubled teenager grappling with the loss of his best friend Max through suicide. It is an unlikely assortment of bullies led by the narcissistic, abhorrent and cruel Kino that Akeem blames for the death, having drawn Max into a game and subjected him to a sustained torment of bullying recorded on mobile phone.
Even after the death, Kino continues in his attempts to manipulate Akeem, trying to pin the blame on him. Haunted by Max's death and constantly reminded of his involvement Akeem, the victim and willing participant in Kino's game to humiliate Max descends into madness and his grip on reality begins to slip.
He sets out to expunge the memory of his friend's painful past and embarks on a crusade to bring down the gang and destroy their reign of terror. Now out of control vigilante-style and equipped with a mobile phone he uses for surveillance of the gang, he becomes less engaged with personal interactions and more fixated with documenting them with violent consequences...
Details
- Year
- 2009
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 53 mins
- Format
- HD
- Director
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Ash Mahmmod, Naeem Mahmood
- Producer
- Helena Thompson, Naeem Mahmmod, Ash Mahmood, Jonathan Jules
- Editor
- Ash Mahmood
- Screenwriter
- Helena Thompson, Ash Mahmood, Naeem Mahmood
- Director of Photography
- Adriatik Ragipi
- Principal cast
- Zephryn Taitte, Joanne Gale, Liam Mcdonnell, Roy Weise, Michael Grandison, Chloe Watkinson, Holly Salter, Neil Maddison
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Transient Film Exchange
39 Sinclair RdLondon W14 ONS
UK
T +44 (0)20 7371 2527
SPID Theatre Company
Kensal House community rooms,Ladbroke Grove
London W10 5BQ
UK
T + 44(0)20 8968 2961
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