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The Last Tree
Synopsis
Femi, a British boy of Nigerian heritage who, after a happy childhood in rural Lincolnshire, moves to inner London to live with his mum. Struggling with the unfamiliar culture and values of his new environment, teenage Femi has to figure out which path to adulthood he wants to take, and what it means to be a young black man in London.
Shola Amoo's second feature is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama, which explores universal themes of identity and belonging.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2019
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 100 mins
- Director
- Shola Amoo
- Producer
- Lee Thomas, Myf Hopkins
- Editor
- Mdhamiri Á Nkemi
- Screenwriter
- Shola Amoo
- Director of Photography
- Stil Williams
- Production Designer
- Antonia Lowe
- Sound
- Alex Ashcroft
- Music
- Segun Akinola
- Principal Cast
- Sam Adewunmi, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Tai Golding, Denise Black, Nicholas Pinnock
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 2nd May 2019
