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This programme contains some strong language

God is good. CONGREGATION: All the time!

All the time! CONGREGATION: God is good.

Amen. CONGREGATION: Amen.

Please be upstanding.

I would like to ask the parents and the godparents,

please step forward.

Stretch out your hands

as we bow our heads,

as we commit baby Mayowa to the Lord.

Heavenly Father,

we thank you for creating the life

that is baby Mayowa,

and we pray that your protection will

envelop his life.

CONGREGATION: Amen.

PASTOR SPEAKS IN TONGUES

And as he grows, may the plans of his enemies fail against his life.

Amen.

PASTOR SPEAKS IN TONGUES

Amen.

And I pray that Mayowa will also multiply

and that he will have strong fruit throughout his life.

Mm!

PASTOR SPEAKS IN TONGUES

Yes! Yes, Lord!

PASTOR SPEAKS IN TONGUES

Yes! Yes, pastor!

HE SPEAKS IN TONGUES

Amen.

ALL: Amen.

Could I ask the parents to step forward to the front

so I may baptise Mayowa.

Don't give that man the baby.

In the name of the Father...

..the Son...

..and the Holy Spirit.

# So great, so good is He...

Beautiful.

# He gives me all I need

# He gives me all... #

OUTRO MUSIC PLAYS

Well?

Yeah, it's good.

It's good.

But?

Just wondering if we should have tried to make Jamaica Road.

And you're saying that NOW?

Yeah.

HE SIGHS

Is this about the film or is this about something else?

Call her.

What, now?

Mm-hm. It's on your mind. You're not focusing. Call her.

BABY FUSSES

PHONE RINGS

Hey, babe! How's it going?

Oh, hey.

Yeah, I'm just here with Amy.

Hey, hon. Hey! Hi.

Yeah, we literally just finished watching the final edit.

Congratulations. When can I see it?

I'll send it to you. I'll send it to you.

OK, make sure.

I'm really gutted that I can't make your premiere, babe.

I really begged my boss for time off,

but he just wouldn't give it to me.

No, you're fine. I know you're big time now.

And any luck with the agent?

Yeah, we've got some confirmed, but we'll see.

Hey. Hey, hey, hey. Vanessa, I'm sorry.

When you got a chance, we 'bout to get going. Mm-hm. No worries.

I'm just on the phone to Kwabs.

Yo, my man! What's going on, brother?

How you doing? You good, yeah?

I'm good. I'm blessed. Just trying to take care of Vanessa.

Oh, you are! You are, you are.

Nice to meet you, brother.

Hopefully you can make it out next time. Vanessa?

OK. Yeah, I'll be there.

Babe, anyway, look, I actually have to go, so can I call you later?

Yeah, sure.

Erm, no, actually, can I...

Can I call you tomorrow?

Yeah, no, I'll text you and we can figure it out.

Send my love to everyone, OK? Yeah.

All right. All right. I've got to go. Bye. Bye, bye, bye.

HE SIGHS

Who's that?

It's her work colleague.

Kwabs, you've got nothing to worry about.

Vanessa's not...

..fussy. What? Not like that! Just as in, she's... That's...

You know... I need to go toilet. It's on my brain.

I'll be back. We'll talk about it when I get back. You're fine.

You're good. Don't worry about it.

Uncle, you clocking what's going on?

You know he's got his eyes on your gyal, innit?

Boy, it's only a matter of time before they do the dirty, you know?

Unless he's blowing her back out already.

You best get ready for the battle, Uncs.

I'm about to bomb these diapers.

BABY FARTS

VOICE IN HEAD: Look, you want these agents to know

that you're amicable and approachable.

Are we still not open to cutting your hair?

Ayo, fuck that!

You want these agents to see a proud black man!

Wear the Ankara scarf.

Can you guys just leave me alone today?

You ready? Me nearly rea...

Oh, what this?

Oh. What is this, a floordrobe?

No, sir, that is not the way.

We don't live like that.

You all right?

Come on.

Talk to your mother.

How you look so?

What if none of the agents show up?

You see? Me tell you if you invite black agent,

now you're fretting that the white ones won't show up.

Listen, whatever happen today...

..I'm proud of you.

Let's enjoy it, man. Yeah, whatever.

Spike Lee better move over.

Look, see hanger, yeah? Hang up the clothes.

Have some self-respect, brother. Ya move like a simp.

# All my guys are baller

# Me, I'm a big-shot caller... #

Hey, I'm here for a screening.

Oh, hey, man.

You remember me?

Yeah, of course. Dennis, right?

No. You know, from Tom Hunter's stag. You...

He passed out and you took a pic of your dick on his face?

That definitely wasn't me.

Are you sure? I've got a photo.

Lewis, I don't have time for it today, OK?

I have two very important people coming.

Drew Beasley and Taylor Evans.

I've reserved seats for them.

I just need you to escort them to their seats.

Er, yeah, of course. No problem.

OK. Do you need me to write the names?

No. Got them locked.

What are the names?

Grey...

Yeah. Could you, um, write them down?

Taylor Evans...

Drew.

I was close. Beas...

Drew Beasley.

All right.

Thank you.

Oh, wow.

Oh, hey. Kwabs.

Yes!

Thank you. I'm so sorry for being late.

Oh, no, no! I've run so many of these diversity schemes.

That's why I put you on black man time.

Um, Kayla? Can we just check...

You mean to say you put the boy photo up on the Internet already,

make him susceptible to all kind of ting, like identity theft and...

Dad, you seriously think someone's going to steal our child's

identity from pictures online?

Mo Farah steal somebody identity in the '90s,

you feel he can't do that to you now?

Hear that?

OK. Delete...delete it.

True.

Ah! I see him, I see him, I see him!

THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER

Thank you for coming, guys.

We're just here to support you, babe.

And it's our first day out as a family.

I didn't want to come out.

They dragged me to this dead film.

Well, you know, I hope it go well for you, son.

That way, you no have to scrounge off your mother.

Sick, man.

Of course it's going to go well.

We've got the black Spielberg right here. Yip! Yip! Yip!

Spielberg? You think Spielberg get where him get

with that something upon him head?

At least Jay-Zed wait until he was

famous before he wore and do all of that ting.

And after he had his beautiful wife. Sorry.

Mm!

Well, hang on a minute. He's got a beautiful girlfriend.

But she take flight to the other side of the world.

No, no, no. Then where she deh?

BELL RINGS

Showtime. All right.

Where are my VIP seats?

Sorry about that. Where's my VIP seat?

They'll show you to your seat.

OK, because...

SHE MUMBLES

I think they've got a ramp down there. Yeah. Going down the ramp.

Sorry, sorry.

Kwabs? Kwabs? Erm...

I'm sure you'll be busy today, but I just wanted to say thank you

so much for going to speak to Dorvin. Oh, of course.

It means so much to both of us.

No, no, no, no. Thank you. Of course. Of course.

Good luck. I'll see you after. Yeah, see you. OK.

MESSAGE ALERT

You good? Yeah.

Cheers. Cheers.

APPLAUSE

Thank you so much for coming tonight. Welcome.

We've got some fantastic films to show you.

Hiya. I'm here for the screening.

I should be on your list. Name?

Richard Moore.

You're not on here, I'm afraid.

Oh, sorry. My name's Taylor Evans. I'm from Richard Moore, the agency.

But you've seen the list now, so...

I know, but I am Taylor Evans.

Come on, mate. I'm wise to your tricks.

It's not a trick. I was invited here by...

..Kwabena.

Who? Listen, mate, I'm quite pressed for time.

Got any ID?

God, this is typical.

My driving licence is, um,

being renewed at the moment so I haven't actually got it on me.

Oh, sorry. No ID, no screening.

Can I speak to your manager, please? Sure.

Can I take a name? Oh, for fu...

Without further adieu, erm, please, to introduce the first film,

welcome to the stage, Kwabena.

AMY CHEERS LOUDLY

Brap! Brap! Brap!

Thank you. Um...

Big Kwabs, innit! Yeah...

Um, so this film is inspired by

a close friend of mine who, unfortunately,

can't be with us here today.

Um, but he's a musician and he's gratefully allowed us

to use his music as a soundtrack for the film

so I'd like to dedicate this film to him.

Thank you. Thank you.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

FILM MUSIC PLAYS

# Yeah, it's Dorvin's season

# Pepping bars and breaking seasons

# Give me the doubt, I'll eat it Add in a couple of... #

Eh? But where is my credit?

Brap! Brap! Brap! Brap! Brap!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Done, mate! Big Kwabs!

My cousin!

We made such a good film!

Oh! The right way, as well, bro.

Yeah. Trust.

Now we need to celebrate. Drinks?

Yeah. Come on, then. Cool, let's go.

HE SIGHS

And, yo, thank you for staying and making this film with me, you know?

Honestly. It's fine.

Like, thank you for convincing me to stay.

Ah! Yeah, but...

What, I see you in Nigeria next?

Ah, wouldn't rush on that.

I think I'm going to stick around for a while. Yeah? Yeah!

I mean, I've got some unfinished business, and... OK.

..we still have to make Jamaica Road.

We do. Yes, we do. We do.

Look, I'm going to spruce myself up and go for a pee...

OK. ..and you're going to get yourself an agent.

Hey, could I have a mojito and a lager?

Kwabs! Wagwan, my man?

Oh, hey, man!

What are you doing here?

Oh, I saw your post on Instagram... Oh!

..and I was like, yeah, definitely come down and support.

Thank you. That's really nice of you.

No, no, no. The film was amazing.

Thank you. No, seriously. Like, I was, honestly,

it was, like, so much better than I expected it to be.

So, what did you expect?

Erm... Yeah, what did...?

Erm... Trying to think what I expected now.

Oh, oh, you know what I was going to ask?

Did you manage to send your cousin's CV in in the end

for the construction job? Oh...

No, sorry, man, I didn't get round to it.

No, that's cool. No... No worries, my mate.

Yeah... And, you know, listen, I'm, like, super happy

to put in a good word for you as well, man.

Honestly, if, like, all the film stuff, you know, fails, so...

Thanks. No worries.

Super cool. I think this suit actually looks better

with the sleeves up, so that's why I'm... OK.

Amy.

Adam.

Oh, wait, you lot know each other?

I mean... We used to go out.

Three dates.

I, erm...have to...

..go. Cool.

I feel like you don't.

Looking vibrant as usual.

Thank you.

Pleasure. Pleasure to say it.

I'm... I'm sorry if I sent a few...

..a few too many...too many texts.

It's fine. Don't worry about it. Cool.

So, Amy, can I just ask as well... Mm-hm?

When you, er...

When you sort of stopped...you know, stopped talking to me... Mm. Um...

Was that because of my...?

Just because I don't know if you recall the evening in question,

but, you know, it was...it was really rather cold in the room...

Yeah, I'm going to go now. ..and I do think that... Yeah. No worries.

No, head off. Do. Absolu... That's... That's fine. That's OK.

Hello! Excuse me.

Yo, Lewis, did the agents show up?

Which agents?

The names I gave you.

Oh, yeah.

No.

But I said make Jamaica Road.

Jamaica Road would have never worked.

Really? So, now why are we broke with no agent?

Because we didn't listen to Helen's notes.

She wanted shoot-outs, drug deals, trauma,

but, "Oh, no, I'm an artist."

Yo, yo, yo, we nuh make no film for white people.

Actually, it's time fi we move back to Africa.

I'm Jamaican.

We're all African, bredda.

Amy, um...

I just wanted to say that you are an amazing woman...

..and I hope you find someone who makes you as happy

as you deserve to be.

Thanks, Adam.

This is a collection of poems

I wrote to help myself heal.

I have no use for them any more.

Jungle Love?

Yes, Kwabs.

How are you feeling?

Yeah...

Bro, your film is... Yeah. Yeah, man.

Might be the best film this scheme has ever made.

Thank you. Thank you.

It was heartbreaking.

The lead character reminded me of this orphan

that I looked after in Rwanda when I was volunteering with UNICEF.

Just...his eyes.

It's just...so tender.

Amazing.

Mm-hm.

Who's that? I think that might be the agent I invited.

Go on, then! Quick! Yeah, man. Go.

Drew. You came.

Sorry. Yeah, the usher led me into the wrong screening

so it took me a while to find the right room.

But, thankfully, I found it in time for your film.

It was exceptional.

It was such a refreshing take on an urban story.

Thank you.

There's a new show in development, actually,

it's kind of East End gangland with a twist,

and I think you'd be perfect for it.

Are you still looking for representation?

Yes! Yes, I am.

Because I'm taking on new clients

and I think I can help you, if you're interested.

That would be amazing. Thank you so much. Great.

Come in next week. Yes. We'll make it official. Thank you.

Thank you so much!

Great. OK! All right. Take care, yeah? Bye!

It was a good film.

It was...

CHATTER

Guys, I got signed!

THEY LAUGH AND CHEER

Oh, well done, my baby!

Come on, come on!

Come on, man! Yeah!

Where's Auntie Stephanie?

She gone, long time.

Well, she wasn't feeling too well, so... You know.

OK.

Tell me, what happened to the Windrush romcom you didn't make, hm?

Claude, please.

I'm only asking, darling, I'm only asking!

The scheme thought this was a better idea.

Oh, oh, so you make this film for Dorvin, right?

Yeah.

Dad...

Hmm.

I beg you. Not here.

You think this lickle film ah gon' help him inna jail? Hm?

Tell me something.

When Stephanie did ask you for help finding him a job,

you did give them him resume?

Yes?

No.

No. But, yet...

Yet as soon as him gone ah jailyard, you go and make a movie. Hm?

So I shouldn't have made the film?

No.

You should have helped him in real life

instead of watch the boy go down the wrong path

and go make a film about him plight.

This helps him as well.

It shows it's not his fault.

This will only help YOU, boy.

That's what you're not understanding.

You exploit your lickle cousin to advance your career?

I hope you're proud of yourself.

Sell out your own people for the white man praise.

Family, come. Come, baby.

MUSIC: Path To Satisfaction by Berwyn

# Look at me shine

# I know they hate it when you're gettin' pay

# But I got money on my mind... #

Kwabena, we just heard the news! Congratulations!

Yeah, man! Congrats, Kwabs!

We need to get a photo of you for the alumni!

VOICES FADE

# Cos you don't get nothin' in this world without out a price

# No, you don't get nothin' in this world by bein' nice

# No, you don't get nothin' in this world unless you fight... #

And now you're in the industry.

Come on, Kwabs - smile!

# I fall from the sky and I end up crashin'

# Just say a little prayer for me

# I got the LV patter, high fashion

# Lights, camera, action Cameras flashin'

# Whatever happens, all my brodies got it patterned

# Crimes of passion All my brodies love the action

# Action

# But if anything should happen on this path to satisfaction

# Like the plane should end up crashin'

# And I don't survive the landin'

# Tell them I was lovin', I was kind and understandin'

# Tell them how I tried and then I died and then I vanished

# Tell them how I come up from the mud but still I managed... #