A few days later, Killy gets the drop on Marco, who is now nicknamed Bricker after hitting Timmy with a brick, the Ghetto Boys attack Marco and the Peckham Boys outside a nightclub. After Marco is released, he reveals he didn’t mean to kill Leah and he regrets it deeply. Three years later, Timmy, now 18, is now a Ghetto Boy and replaces Galis as the second-in-command and is Madder’s younger sidekick Younger Madder. After that, Marco is arrested for Leah’s murder. He accidentally lets his hood slip and is revealed to be Marco. Timmy then hits one of them who picks up a brick and hits Timmy on the head with it. That night, Timmy is attacked by a gang and Leah is killed by being pushed to the ground and hitting her head too hard when she tries to save him. Marco has now become a Peckham Boy alongside Switcher. Three months later, Marco, Dwayne and Hakeem keep away from Timmy and Leah who are now celebrating their 3-month anniversary. On Monday, Marco accuses Timmy of being an associate with Killy and ends their friendship after insulting Leah, who pushes him and is then slapped by Marco, who is then punched by Timmy. Meanwhile, Marco runs into Kiron, who is now a Ghetto Boy nicknamed Killy, and has his arm broken by him. Timmy and Leah have sex and the two start a relationship. The next day, Switcher is released after not having enough evidence against him and Timmy invites Leah to his house for the weekend to watch the final season of Game of Thrones while Marco goes to a college girl's house. A few hours later, after Marco gets home, the police raid the apartment and arrest Switcher. Later, the Peckham Boys are chased by the Ghetto Boys and the Ghetto second-in-command Galis is shot by Switcher in the back and is left to die when Ghetto leader Madder leaves due to the nearby police.Īt the party, Timmy has a slow dance with Leah but is interrupted after Marco gets into a fight with another boy causing Karina’s father to force everyone out. That night, Marco attempts to watch The Intent with his older brother Switcher who is the Peckham Boys leader but Switcher is called out to help fight the Ghetto Boys who have come for revenge. Meanwhile in Deptford, the Ghetto Boys are attacked by the Peckham Boys on the former’s own grounds forcing them to flee. Timmy, now 15, is reluctant to go but after he finds out that his longtime crush Leah is going, he reconsiders. On his first day, he befriends a boy named Marco and later on, two others named Dwayne and Hakeem.įour years later, the boys are invited by classmate Karina to a party. His mother wants him to go to this school because of its good curriculum and so Timmy cannot be with his old friend Kiron, a trouble maker. ![]() In London, a boy named Timmy starts secondary school in Peckham, Southwark despite living in Deptford, Lewisham. At the 2020 NME Awards the film won two awards for Best Film and Best Film Actor for Ward. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed £4.7 million on a budget of £1.4 million, making it the highest grossing British urban film of all time.Īt the 73rd British Academy Film Awards, the film earned one nomination, winning the BAFTA Rising Star for Ward and was short-listed alongside nine other films by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for the category of the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer but did not make it in the final nominations. The film focuses on themes such as gang violence, friendship, betrayal, love, youth, and black masculinity.īlue Story was released in the United Kingdom on 22 November 2019 and was later released in the United States on, after its original 20 March release date was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Principal photography began in February 2019 and lasted for 23 days. The story follows best friends Marco (Ward) and Timmy (Odubola) who, from different areas of London ( Peckham and Deptford), find themselves becoming enemies in a violent and insidious postcode war.įollowing the success of his three-part YouTube series Shiro's Story and signing with Jay-Z to Roc Nation, Rapman and BBC Films developed and co-financed the film, and in late 2018 Paramount Pictures bought worldwide distribution rights for the film. Serving as Rapman's feature directorial debut, the film is based on his 2014 YouTube series of the same name, which in turn is based on the real life gangs - the Peckham Boys and Ghetto Boys. Blue Story is a 2019 British musical crime drama film written, directed, and narrated by Rapman (Andrew Onwubolu) through the medium of rap and starring Stephen Odubola and Micheal Ward, with Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Khali Best, Karla-Simone Spence, Richie Campbell, Jo Martin and Junior Afolabi Salokun in supporting roles.
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