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Black Sheep (2018)

Black Sheep poster
Directed by
Ed Perkins
Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
26 min
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 52 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A black teenage boy and his family move from London to a mostly white estate in Essex. They encounter a racist gang that pressures the boy to change his appearance and behavior to fit in.

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What happens

Black Sheep is a 2018 British short documentary film about black teenager Cornelius Walker and his family moving out of London only to meet with more racism in an Essex estate run by a racist gang. It was released by the British news organization The Guardian. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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