After the high-profile killing of Damilola Taylor, Cornelius' family move out of London. But when they discover their new town is run by racists, Cornelius takes a drastic step to survive.
Direction
Perkins lets silence do the screaming.
Editing
Reenactments blur into memory — deeply unsettling.
Acting
Kai Francis Lewis channels trauma with chilling precision.
Director
Ed Perkins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Damilola Taylor's 2000 murder was a watershed moment in UK race relations; Cornelius's family fled the media circus, only to find worse.
The film sparked debates about 'poverty tourism' in documentary — Cornelius co-produced to reclaim his own narrative from trauma extraction.
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