Kwame Kwei-Armah's ELMINA'S KITCHEN 7/10

A tense story of gun crime, displacement, racism and a difficult father-son relationship. A TV production of Kwame Kwei-Armah's National Theatre success was made on location in just five days with the same director and cast as the original production. Set in a Caribbean (West indies) take away in eat London borough of Hackney, the play focuses on three generations of black men: Clifton a man who abandoned his wife and sons, Deli his youngest son who runs Elmina's Kitchen and his grandson Ashley, whose only ambition in life comes on four wheels. Deli may have learned that crime doesn't pay, but his son is seduced by his friend Digger, a ruthless criminal immersed in the gun culture. How can Deli save his son from the temptations on Murder Mile? The film speak about the experience of the Windrush generation and their decendants.

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• ELMINA'S
• KITCHEN
• Black
• British
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• Grenada
• Trinidad
• Tobago
• Guyana
• St
• Lucia
• Antigua
• Dominica
• Kitts
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• Montserrat
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• Island
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[eastlondonsha]

cant stand that son of his, i would beat him and beat him dat disrespecting ediot.

[detroitreggae]

finally some action LoL