Project Detail

If The Streets Were On Fire

Name: If The Streets Were On Fire
Director: Alice Russell
Genre: Woman Director
Released: 2022
Duration: 70 min

Synopsis

As youth violence rises in London, a wild and rebellious community of young people tear through the city’s streets in the name of ‘Knives Down, Bikes Up’. Community elder Mac fights for their problems to be seen, but their already precarious existence is jeopardised when they are forced away from the safe spaces of central London. Meanwhile, rider Miles finds solace from his previous life of crime in this unofficial family, but his world is threatened when the past comes back to haunt him.

Details

Year: 2022
Type of project: Features
Running time: 70 min
Format: Digital
Director: Alice Russell 1st Feature
Producer: Gannesh Rajah
Executive Producer: Julia Nottingham
Editor: Xanna Ward Dixon
Director of Photography: Ruben Woodin Dechamps

Genre

Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Dorothy St Pictures

Gannesh Rajah
Unit 11, The Glasshouse
49a Goldhawk Road
London
W12 8QP

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