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| Directed by | Sarah Gavron |
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| Cinematography | Hélène Louvart |
| Edited by | Maya Maffioli |
| Music by | Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch |
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| Distributed by | Altitude |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3.9 million[1] |
| Box office | $598,859[2] |
Rocks is a 2019 British coming-of-age drama film directed by Sarah Gavron. The film stars Bukky Bakray as Olushola, nicknamed "Rocks", a Black British teenage girl living in Hackney, London, whose single mother abandons her and her younger brother Emmanuel (D’angelou Osei Kissiedu), forcing them to try to avoid being taken into social services.[3]
Rocks premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival[4] and was released in the United Kingdom on 18 September 2020. The film received acclaim from critics, and was nominated for seven awards at the 74th British Academy Film Awards, including Outstanding British Film and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Bakray, making her one of the youngest nominees for the award. Nineteen-year-old Bukky Bakray also received BAFTA Rising Star Award, becoming the youngest winner in the category.
- ^ Tom Grater, "Sarah Gavron on her new part-improvised film about London schoolgirls". Screen Daily, 10 February 2019.
- ^ "Rocks (2020)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ Wendy Ide, "'Rocks': Toronto Review". Screen Daily, 5 September 2019.
- ^ Stewart Clarke, "First Look at Sarah Gavron’s Toronto-Bound ‘Rocks’". Variety, 4 September 2019.