22 minutes that'll wreck you — motherhood as warfare, not warmth.
A mother deals with pain, toil and heartbreak after she comes to London to seek a better life for her and her son.
Acting
Jolade Obasola's face does entire monologues.
Direction
Nortley stretches 22 minutes into a lifetime.
Cinematography
London's grey swallowed whole by close, claustrophobic frames.
Director
Sheila Nortley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nortley funded this through crowdfunding after industry doors stayed closed — a meta-commentary on Black British women fighting for space.
The film's London is deliberately placeless — no landmarks, just corridors and waiting rooms — making it Every Immigrant City.
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