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  2. Dec 2, 2019 · Blue Story actor and Top Boy star Micheal Ward on why Rapman’s film is so vital, from the importance of representation to how its message has the power to transform the community it depicts.

  3. Nov 29, 2019 · There is a critical moment in the film Blue Story when a grief-stricken youth challenges his fellow gang member for provoking a confrontation that has led to the fatal shooting of their best...

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  4. Blue Story's powerful study of gang culture is one London must see It’s so knowing. There’s a moment where a group of rappers try to exploit real-world pain while being filmed by a director.

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    Writer and director Andrew Onwubolu condemned the incident and said that his film was about “love not violence”. Mr Onwubolu, also known as Rapman, described the incident as “truly unfortunate”. He said: “Sending love to all those involved in [Saturday’s] violence at Star City in Birmingham.” The decision to pull the film garnered much criticism fr...

    Blue Story tells the story of street rivalry as it follows best friends Timmy and Marco, who go to school together in Peckham but live in neighbouring London boroughs. “When Marco’s beaten up by one of Timmy’s primary school friends,” says the film’s synopsis, “the two boys wind up on rival sides of a never-ending cycle of postcode gang war in whic...

    While Blue Story is full of gritty realism, it’s not actually a true story, and the film is actually an adaptation of Onwubolu’s 2014 YouTube series of the same name. At the beginning of each episode Rapman writes: “Young people are fighting and dying for areas they have no ownership over. “The youth need to realise they are not soldiers enlisted b...

    The film currently has an approval rating of 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics generally praising the film. The Guardian‘s Mike McCahill called it “an assured and capably performed morality play”, while Danny Leigh from the Financial Timessaid Blue Story “has the tang of reality and sobering power.” But not everyone’s convinced. Alistair Harknes...

  5. www.bbc.co.uk › bbcfilm › filmsBlue Story - BBC

    Nov 22, 2019 · Blue Story: Two boys wind up on rival sides of a never-ending cycle of postcode gang war. In cinemas 22 November 2019.

  6. A feature adaptation of Rapman's YouTube series about two young south London friends from different boroughs and their deepening relationships with gangs and girls.

  7. Apr 2, 2020 · An artfully corrosive British youth-gang drama, at once jaggedly real and modly stylized, it was written and directed by Andrew Onwubolu, the London-based rapper, producer, actor, and director...

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