The series centers on an aspiring filmmaker (Adjani Salmon) trying to make it in a notoriously difficult industry while navigating issues of race, class, family and romance.
Adjani Salmon, Dani Moseley, Demmy Ladipo, Rachel Adedeji, Babirye Bukilwa, Alexander Owen, Will Hislop, Peter SerafinowiczTalent, Kwabena has in spades; everyone from his old film school buddies to the hotshot producers reluctantly convinced to read his work can agree on that much. He’s got a pitch in mind, too:, a romance inspired by his own family history during Britain’s Windrush era. But the hard choices begin almost from the moment he decides to pursue his dream for real.
Often, he reacts to such predicaments in dramatic movie-hero fashion, with an inspiring act of rebellion or a righteous speech — or, in the case of his budding romance with Vanessa , just the right declaration of affection. Usually, they’re revealed soon after as daydreams of what Kwabena onlyhe could do, while in actuality he grits his teeth through miserable situations or mumbles polite nothings at people he’s pissed at.