“It’s almost the opposite of the classic formula,” says director Raine Allen-Miller: It takes a funny, happy story, infuses it with a strong sense of place, and happens to make it romantic
“Being able to go to a shop and buy a very specific Afro comb, and go and buy a Jamaican patty, and get plantain, and also go and get a flat white with oat milk is just an unusual, interesting thing,” Allen-Miller tells TIME, speaking from the mountains of Jamaica, where she’s visiting family. “Like sourdough bread and then hard dough bread.” Chris Harris—20th Century Studios
as inspiration: It’s a snapshot of a specific place—Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn—at a specific moment in time—1989, as the neighborhood is on the cusp of change.,” Allen-Miller says. “It was about going, ‘I’m going to represent a place that I know really well and a place that deserves to be represented correctly.’ Not just in a gritty way where it’s all about crime and sadness, but in a way that feels real and positive. It’s a Black British experience.”captures its titular street on a good day.
The London that the writers know and love is populated by people who sound like their friends. That means slang, and lots of it. These writers know firsthand how much such lines matter: Melia is surrounded by actors in his family, and Bryon is an actor himself. “I understood the importance of creating really nuanced, interesting, diverse Black characters,” he says. Because when we started writing this movie, I definitely didn’t see those roles coming through to myself.”
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