

Rocks
2020-09-09 · 94 min · ★ 6.6
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.
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- Directors
- Sarah Gavron
- Production companies
- Fable Pictures, Film4 Productions, The Wellcome Trust, Head Gear Films, Kreo Films, Metrol Technology, BFI
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Bukky BakrayRocks
Kosar AliSumaya
Shaneigha-Monik GreysonRoshé
Ruby StokesAgnes
Sarah NilesMs. Booker
Layo-Christina AkinludeFunke Omotoso
Sharon D. ClarkeAnita
Islah Abdur-RahmanIsmail
Shola AdewusiGrandmother Omotoso
Tina ChiangLara
Kate IsittVicky
Aneta PiotrowskaAnna
Kaine ZajazMo
Umit UlgenAhmed
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