Kidulthood Research

A film about day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in West London.

Director: Menhaj Huda
Writer: Noel Clarke
Year: 2006
Synopsis of movie from the official website:
For 15-year-old Trife, a boy form West London, life is a day-to-day struggle. Trapped between the worlds of his powerful and dangerous uncle, Trife must choose between the path he knows is right and a life of guns, drugs and violence that he has come to know only too well.

When a class mate's suicide leaves Trife and his crew, Mooney and Jay, with the day off school it seems as though circles of violence may have finally come to a tragic conclusion - but in a world where sex is currency, drugs are easy, and violence is a way of life, trouble can never be too far around the corner.

Powerful, disturbing and moving, Kidulthood takes you deep into London's unseen underbelly and delivers a gritty, hard-hitting reflection of what life is really like for 21st century teenagers.