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Summary
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.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+22)
Critics 96Audiences 74GoodWatch 84
Tomatometer97%
Metascore95
Audience score80%
IMDb7.4
User score6.7
Running time
1 h 34 min
Shorter than most dramas, −15 min on the typical 109
typical 10994Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 8 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
2020
September 9, 2020
6 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
ArabicMade in
- United Kingdom
24 of 31
Bukky BakrayRocks
Kosar AliSumaya- DOD'Angelou Osei-KissieduEmmanuel
Shaneigha-Monik GreysonRoshé
Ruby StokesAgnes- TBTawheda BegumKhadijah
Afi OkaidjaYawa- ADAnastasia DymitrowSabina
Sarah NilesMs. Booker
Layo-Christina AkinludeFunke Omotoso
Sharon D. ClarkeAnita
Islah Abdur-RahmanIsmail
Shola AdewusiGrandmother Omotoso- MAMohammad AmiriMohammed
Tina ChiangLara
Kate IsittVicky
Aneta PiotrowskaAnna
Kaine ZajazMo
Umit UlgenAhmed
Curtis WalkerReg
Joanna BrookesGeraldine- CCClark CreweHead of Year
Raphel FamotibeStephen- AHAsha HassanFawzia
Directing · 7
- Sarah Gavron Director, Executive Producer
- Alice Caronna First Assistant Director
- Bhairavi Patel Script Supervisor
- Richard Styles First Assistant Director
- Amber Tordoff-Gibson Third Assistant Director
- James Cross Third Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Theresa Ikoko Story, Writer
- Claire Wilson Writer
Production · 31
- Will Clarke Executive Producer
- Compton Ross Executive Producer
- Phil Hunt Executive Producer
- Sue Bruce-Smith Executive Producer
- Hannah Farrell Executive Producer
- Andy Mayson Executive Producer
Camera · 15
- Hélène Louvart "A" Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- Susanne Salavati "C" Camera Operator
- Cristina Cretu Second Assistant "A" Camera
- Maiya Rose First Assistant "B" Camera
- Maria Camilla Piana Brizio Camera Trainee
- Kate Molins First Assistant "A" Camera
Editing · 5
- Maya Maffioli Editor
- Jateen Patel Digital Colorist
- Hoping Chen Assistant Editor
- Inigo Manby First Assistant Editor
- Nicola Matiwone First Assistant Editor
Sound · 23
- Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch Original Music Composer
- Jussi Honka Dialogue Editor
- Paul Cotterell Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Miles Croft Boom Operator
- Andie Derrick Foley Artist
- Peter Clarke Music Editor
Art · 9
- Alice Normington Production Design
- Fletcher Jarvis Assistant Art Director
- Isobel Dunhill Art Direction
- Sophie Phillips Set Decoration
- Jenny Dee Standby Art Director
- Mark Smith Property Master
Costume & Make-Up · 13
- Ruka Johnson Costume Design
- Nora Robertson Hair Designer, Makeup Designer
- Veronica Johnson Costume Assistant
- Romaine Bowman Makeup & Hair
- Nadia Becker Makeup & Hair
- Sophia Mascarenhas Makeup & Hair
Lighting · 4
- Mark Thornton Rigging Gaffer
- Elizabeth Calvert Best Boy Electric
- Ian Glenister Gaffer
- Desmond Perry Electrician
Other crew · 3
- Belinda McGinley Stunt Coordinator
- Meg Clark Post Production Supervisor
- Isabelle Miller Translator
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