Rocks (2019)

15-year-old Rocks fears that she and her little brother Emmanuel will be taken into care and forced apart if anyone finds out that their mother has left them. Against all odds, and with the help of her loyal friends, she evades the authorities and navigates the most defining days of her young life.

Released Sept. 5, 2019 94 min 13+

Genres: Drama

Keywords: tmdb.homeless, mdblist.certified-fresh, tmdb.london-england, tmdb.coming-of-age, tmdb.neglected-child, tmdb.brother-sister-relationship, tmdb.teenage-protagonist + 33 more, mdblist.ext.common-sense-selection, mdblist.has-trailer, mdblist.metacritic-must-see, imdb.girl, imdb.child-abandonment, imdb.absent-parent, imdb.teenage-girl, imdb.younger-brother, imdb.council-flat, imdb.london-england, imdb.bad-decision, imdb.resilience, imdb.school-friend, imdb.title-directed-by-female, imdb.coming-of-age-drama, imdb.teen-drama, imdb.hackney-london, imdb.brother-sister-relationship, imdb.east-end-london, imdb.friendship, imdb.housing-estate, imdb.mother-abandons-daughter, imdb.school-uniform, imdb.african-anglo, imdb.friendship-between-girls, imdb.rooftop, imdb.15-year-old, imdb.mentally-ill-mother, imdb.absent-mother, imdb.school, imdb.coming-of-age, imdb.little-brother, soundmix.dolby-digital