Rocks

Rocks

94 mins | Drama | Sept. 5, 2019

15-year-old Rocks fears that she and her little brother Emmanuel will be taken into care and forced apart if anyone finds out that their mother has left them. Against all odds, and with the help of her loyal friends, she evades the authorities and navigates the most defining days of her young life.

Rocks

94 mins | Drama | Sept. 5, 2019

Rocks
15-year-old Rocks fears that she and her little brother Emmanuel will be taken into care and forced apart if anyone finds out that their mother has left them. Against all odds, and with the help of her loyal friends, she evades the authorities and navigates the most defining days of her young life.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Head Gear Films, Film4 Productions, British Film Institute, Metrol Technology, Kreo Films FZ, The Wellcome Trust, Fable Pictures
Original title Rocks
Directors Malinda Kaur, Amber Tordoff-Gibson, Richard Styles, Alice Caronna, James Cross, Bhairavi Patel, Sarah Gavron
Writers Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson

Cast

Bukky Bakray

as Rocks

Kosar Ali

as Sumaya

Ruby Stokes

as Agnes

Tawheda Begum

as Khadijah

Afi Okaidja

as Yawa

Anastasia Dymitrow

as Sabina

Sarah Niles

as Ms. Booker

Layo-Christina Akinlude

as Funke Omotoso

Sharon D. Clarke

as Anita

Islah Abdur-Rahman

as Ismail

Shola Adewusi

as Grandmother Omotoso

Mohammad Amiri

as Mohammed

Tina Chiang

as Lara

Kate Isitt

as Vicky

Kaine Zajaz

as Mo

Umit Ulgen

as Ahmed