Another must-see from TIFF.
In the past, films centering young Black teens and girls have been an anomaly. Every few years or so we’d get movies like Crooklyn, Eve’s Bayou or Pariah that would shine a spotlight on Black girls. Thankfully, with the expansion of cinema, a new generation of Black girls are being elevated. From Tayarisha Poe’s Selah and the Spades to Nijla Mu’min’s Jinn and now Sarah Gavron’s Rocks–these movies are showcasing Black girls in a new light.
Rocks is a marvel because it does the opposite. Set in London, Rocks follows Shola aka Rocks, who is blissfully living out the final days of summer with her girls. The tight-knit group of teen girls all come from various walks of life and backgrounds, but they move together as if they’re one living breathing organism.
Rocks lives in a flat with her mom and little brother Emmanual – an intelligent and imaginative little boy who is wiser and more hilarious that many of us will ever be. On the first day of school–Rocks’ mother sends her children to school with bellies full of yam and eggs. it’s her final act of motherhood before she vanishes from their lives.
Rocks is so masterful because Gavron refused to tell some downtrodden story about another “sad Black girl.” Rocks is often stressed and worried. Still, the moments of levity and sisterhood that Gavron and screenwriters, Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson present in the film show that the support and love that women and young girls need are often given from other women.
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