Farming is a Top Must See Film This Summer...

If you haven’t seen this, Sorry Ms.Jackson highly recommends you watch it. Like films Trainspotting or The Pursuit of Happiness it will deeply impact your sensibilities.

We give Farming *****

I found this British film really disturbing, but sometimes we have to challenge ourselves to be uncomfortable with difficult stories showing pain, abuse, neglect and acute racism. Based on a true life story written and produced by Adewale about himself, this film is brutally honest, courageous and raw. It has an unexpected ending which has left me marvelling at the resilience of the human spirit. Adewale’s broken life growing up caused such psychological damage- he literally became feral. Astonishingly he made it through the worst circumstances imaginable to become a highly successful actor today in America.

Our guest film reviewer Gillian wrote:

‘The film depicts a subject that few are aware of. The willing handing over of a children to strangers, to enable a parent to study.

This "farming" of children was on a strictly cash basis with no background checks or monitoring by Social Services. The (mostly) Nigerian & Ghanaian parents had a blind faith in the English foster parents, believing them to be honest upright people. In my opinion, this stems from a colonial mentality.

I would give the film 5* as the viewer was given an honest insight to the plight of these innocent children. It showed the racist ignorance of the carers, who had absolutely no idea of the needs of these black children.

The interesting bit for me is that the film also showed the ignorance of the parents who were educated to a high standard but they selfishly blamed the foster carers for Adewale's behaviour. Parents who thought it was acceptable to waltz in and remove the children 8 years later. Children who didn't know them. Taking them to Nigeria and expecting them to adjust/fit in. The parents had no understanding of the psychological damage done to their children because of *their* decision to opt for "farming."

This is one man’s story: how many others have gone through this with no real understanding of why they are perhaps in criminal or mental institutions?’

Available on Amazon Prime

As always it would be great to get your feedback on this movie.