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‘Rocks’: Read The Screenplay For BAFTA-Nominated UK Drama

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EXCLUSIVE: The journey to screen of BAFTA-competing UK feature Rocks was not conventional. The film underwent an organic development process over a number of years that saw director Sarah Gavron and her team cast a group of non-actor schoolgirls and then, alongside writers Claire Wilson and Theresa Ikoko, build a screenplay based on their real-life experiences.After a series of workshops, they settled on the story of a 15-year-old British-Nigerian schoolgirl looking after her younger brother and trying to avoid being taken into care.

Bukky Bakray landed a BAFTA nom in the lead, while Kosar Ali also scored in the Best Supporting Actress field.The movie is up for a total of seven BAFTAs at next month’s ceremony including Best British Film and

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