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Stormzy 'Gang Signs & Prayer (The Film)' by Rollo Jackson

David Knight - 29th Sept 2017

Rollo Jackson has written and directed a powerful, thought-provoking short drama to accompany Stormzy's acclaimed, era-defining debut album Gang Signs & Prayer. It crystallises the themes of the album into a narrative of a young Afro-Caribbean boy in London who is drawn to become a 'bad boy', with terrible consequences. This is punctuated by Stormzy performing a number of tracks from the album.

"Young ​youts ​like ​myself, ​that ​grow ​up ​in ​the ​hood, ​we ​often ​don't ​know ​that ​we ​are ​actually ​the masters ​of ​our ​own ​destiny,” ​Stormzy says in the film. ​“There ​are ​so ​many ​things ​that ​steer ​us ​in the ​wrong direction ​however, ​we ​decide ​what ​happens ​in ​our ​own ​lives ​and ​like ​my ​album, ​I endeavoured for ​this ​film ​to ​portray ​just ​that. ​Derived ​from ​my ​album ​Gang ​Signs ​& ​Prayer, and ​written ​and directed ​by ​the ​legend ​that ​is ​Rollo, ​I'll ​let ​the ​visual ​do ​the ​talking."

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Rollo Jackson
Producer
Tom Gardner
Production Company
Executive Producer
Sarah Pearson
Executive Producer
Sally Campbell
Executive Producer
Tim Nash
Production Manager
Peter Arboine
1st AD
Hayley Williams

Camera

Director of Photography
Bobby Shore
Focus Puller
Eira Wyn Jones
2nd AC
Jomar O'Meally
Focus Puller
Laurent Polain
2nd AC
John Scarabough

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Colin Thwaites, Diego Moyano

Art

Art Director
Ruth Crawford

Wardrobe

Hair
Natasha Lawes
Wardrobe
Verity May Lane

Editorial

Editor
James Forbes-Robertson
Editing company
The Whitehouse

Grading

Colourist
Houmam Abdallah

VFX

Post production company
MPC
Post Producer
Lydia Evitt

Agent

Director's Representation

Commission

Commissioner
The Fader
Commissioner
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