KIDULTHOOD

Kidulthood is written by former Doctor Who star Noel Clarke, who also plays baseball bat wielding villain Sam in the movie. According to Noel "The film touches a nerve. It’s on the pulse of what’s happening in society right now with young people. How they behave and what they do. Kids these days are growing up too fast. It’s accelerated because of technology and the media.The film shouldn’t shock people because it’s in the newspapers every day! It’s constant. It doesn’t show anything that isn’t happening. I was collecting articles for a year or so about teenagers getting up to bad stuff. There’s at least three or four a week. It’s rife. I bet if I looked in the paper today there’d be something about it. We can wear all the wristbands we want for bullying — or whatever — but that’s not going to stop it. What will stop it are people becoming aware of the situation. Society has encouraged the film because bullying in schools, kids in ‘hoodies’ and ‘happy-slapping’ — whatever you want to name it — is happening already. The film is highlighting that. It’s not promoting. It’s not justifying. It’s not offering answers. It’s simply saying: 'this is going on. Deal with it.' A lot of people might see Kidulthood as controversial but it is not meant to be, my main aim for the film was for it to be as true to life as possible."