brotherhood is the newest film of 3 films which has made an unintended trilogy. It started with the film kidulthood which was directed by Menhaj Huda and starred noel clarke. It’s a film that would pretty much single-handedly create and define the whole sub-genre and cottage industry of British ‘hood’ movies. It captured what kids are actually like in a way no British film has since. After Kidulthood, Adulthood was made which noel clarke took on to be the directer and star of. Noel clarke wanted to base the films on the streets of Ladbroke Grove, the the multicultural area of West London where he grew up, and its part of the main route of the Notting Hill Carnival. Noel wrote the films based in these areas as its where he grew up. He based the films on his past experiences of the posh mixing with the rough. Noel wrote Kidulthood as a hobby while he went to the gym and he never thought it would get produced.
When the films were released there was some controversial comments about how its condoning kids to act this way. Noel replied with nothing in that film wasnt happening already, all it did was outline the issues. One of the reasons he wrote the film was to represent a group of people who were under represented. He said that the film would not influence the innocent society but shows how life is like for some people that get involved in gangs. He was happy to make a British film that wasnt all about kings and queens and shows a different side.
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