Tempest
- 2012
- Rob Curry
- 76 mins
- 12A
Review
When a movie about urban youth is located in south London, it is too often a bleak tale about teen alienation, drugs and violence. It's refreshing, then, that this inspiring film has something positive to say about youngsters from the area. The focus here is on a multiracial group of 17 young people as they workshop Shakespeare's Tempest in and around their home patch. Switching between performance and rehearsal, the documentary - which is mercifully free of explanatory narration - allows the teenagers to provide the commentary on their lives, their interest in drama and their hopes for the future. Their down-to-earth insights into the play and its contemporary relevance are invigorating and provide a much-needed reminder that investment in the young remains as important now as it's ever been. Government ministers take note.
How to watch
Credits
Cast
role | name |
---|---|
Prospero | Zephryn Taitte |
Miranda | Paris Campbell |
Ariel | Liz Francis |
Ariel | Jennifer Twomey |
Ariel | Chloe Reader |
Ariel | Felina Tramonti |
Ariel | Charlotte Russell |
Ariel | Maeve Burke |
Ariel | Rosanna Mallinson |
Caliban | Emily Wallis |
Caliban | Roy A Weise |
Antonio | Charlotte Gallagher |
Crew
role | name |
---|---|
Director | Rob Curry |
Director | Anthony Fletcher |
Details
- Theatrical distributor
- Fifth Column Films
- Released on
- 2012-11-02
- Languages
- English
- Guidance
- Contains swearing.
- Formats
- Colour