And I think that deserves to have a light shone on it.ĭEADLINE: There’s a big Burrito-related ‘Love Actually’ reference in the film that stars Colin Firth. But this film is about a happy day in South London. It’s not an easy place to live, and it’s not always happy. I felt so connected to my heritage and my grandma. One of the first things I did was go to Brixton market with my grandma, and she took me on a tour where she told me the places I could go to get my Jamaican spice or Plantain or an Afro comb. When I was 12, I moved there from Manchester. But South London, for me, is a very special place.

I used to go there every Friday after school to hang out. But I met the writers, and they were so collaborative and excited about the idea of South London, so we developed the script for two years together.ĭEADLINE: Why did you move the film from Camden to Peckham, South London?ĪLLEN-MILLER: I love Camden.

Although the film was originally set in Camden, North London. In many ways, that’s the perfect canvas for a director. I also liked the fact that it was a simple story.

I read it on the train and laughed out loud in front of everyone, so I knew that was a sign. I had originally thought I would only direct things I had written, but I was always open to reading a script. RAINE ALLEN-MILLER: Yvonne Ibazebo told Damien about me, and I just got a random email from him that said, hey, what do you think of this script? I didn’t have an agent at the time. Warning, we get into some heavy spoilers, so read with caution.ĭEADLINE: How did you link up with Damian Jones? Searchlight boarded the pic after it was developed at BBC Film with producer Eva Yates and is releasing the film in UK theaters on March 17 before taking it stateside for a straight-to-streaming release on Hulu on March 31.īelow, we catch up with Allen-Miller about the buzz surrounding her feature debut, the influence Small Axe filmmaker Steve McQueen has on her work, and Searchlight’s plan to skip US theaters and drop the film straight on Hulu. The pic follows Dom, played by David Jonsson ( Industry), and Yas (Vivian Oparah), a pair of twentysomethings nursing bad breakups, who find each other as they roam around the city, falling into a collection of tricky episodes, each more surreal and comedic than the last.īloods scribes Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia wrote the film’s screenplay, which was handed to Allen-Miller by prolific British indie producer Damian Jones ( See How They Run), who shares a credit on the pic with Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo ( Top Boy).

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