Project Detail

Grime Kids

Name: Grime Kids
Director: Abdou Cisse
Genre: Music, Drama, Dance
Released: 2023
Duration: 90 min (2 episodes x 45 min)

Synopsis

ROCKS screenwriter Theresa Ikoko's exuberant drama series set during the early years of the East London grime scene - 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. (LFF Brochure)
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Episodes 1 and 2 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2023
Running time: 90 min (2 episodes x 45 min)
Format: Series
Director: Abdou Cisse
Producer: Irma Inniss
Executive Producer: Nawfal Faizullah, Theresa Ikoko, Target
Editor: Ashley Scott, Galina Chakrova
Screenwriter: Theresa Ikoko
Director of Photography: Korsshan Schlauer
Production Designer: Phoebe Platman
Principal cast: Juwon Adedokun, Delove Akra, Yus Jamal Crookes, Shanu Hazzan, Gabriel Robinson, Tienne Simon

Genre

Music Drama Dance

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Mammoth Screen

Third Floor
142 - 144 New Cavendish Street
London
W1W 6YF

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