The stars of Attack the Block visit the BFI Southbank to talk about the sci-fi thriller, which made John Boyega a star.
Joe Cornish’s 2011 sci-fi comedy about a group of youths defending their south London housing estate against an extra-terrestrial attack has achieved cult status. To mark the publication of Dr. Clive Chijioke Nwonka’s forthcoming book Black Boys: The Social Aesthetics of British Urban Cinema (Bloomsbury), this special event looked at how the film remains a powerful exploration of race and class, social stigma, housing, Black British identity and nationhood.
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