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It's The Blackness

A family sitting around a dinner table with food, sharing a meal in a warmly lit dining room. One man is embracing a smiling woman dressed in blue while the children look on.

Synopsis

Eniola Baba-Lola and Jordan Dante - two brilliant young Black graduates with first-class master’s degrees in business - should be on the fast track to six-figure salaries and global success. Instead, they're hitting closed doors at every turn, even from their best friend’s father, the powerful tycoon Sir John Fenton. With job rejections piling up, dreams of becoming footballers, barbers, or even rappers fizzle fast - especially after a sharp warning from Eniola’s no-nonsense mother.
As the pressure mounts, Eniola discovers his girlfriend Monica is pregnant, while Jordan faces a family crisis in Jamaica, a brother veering towards gang life, and an expiring visa that could lead to deportation. With time running out, the friends take a bold leap - starting a business of their own. But with everything on the line, will their gamble pay off - or break them completely?
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Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Features
Running time
130 min
Format
6k Digital Format
Director
Hakeem Kae-Kazim 1st Feature
Producer
Dapo Oshiyemi
Executive Producer
Jezz Vernon
Editor
Arthur Harrison
Screenwriter
Dapo Oshiyemi
Director of Photography
Violetta D’Agata
Production Designer
Alessandra De Palma
Sound
Michael Powell
Composer
Oluremi Okunlola (AKA Ibejii)
Principal cast
Daniel Davids, Matthew James Morrison, Dolapo Oni, Kalu Ikeagwu, Kierath Jandoo
Associate Producer
Dipo Abdul Osiyemi

Genre

Comedy Drama Romance

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Talking Drum Entertainment

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