Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Instead, he becomes the feared leader of a white skinhead gang.
Acting
Damson Idris's terrifying transformation from victim to monster.
Direction
Akinnuoye-Agbaje directs his own childhood trauma with unflinching honesty.
Writing
True story so wild you'd call it unrealistic if it weren't.
Director
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Damson Idris
Enitan
Kate Beckinsale
Ingrid Carpenter
John Dagleish
Levi
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Ms. Dapo
Jaime Winstone
Lynn
Genevieve Nnaji
Tolu
Zephan Amissah
Young Emi
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Femi
Cosmo Jarvis
Jonesy
Lee Ross
Jack
Theo Barklem-Biggs
Scum
Tom Canton
Bomber
Zach Avery
Martin Fellows
Ann Mitchell
Hilda
Skye Lourie
Paula
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
'Farming' was real: 1960s-70s UK practice where Nigerian parents paid white families to foster their kids, often leading to exploitation. Thousands of children disappeared into this system.
Akinnuoye-Agbaje literally lived this—he found his real skinhead gang photos while researching. The bathroom scene where Enitan scrubs his skin? Happened.
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