FILM: Gimme The Loot (15)
Malcolm (Ty Hickson) and tomboy Sophia (Tashiana Washington) are two talented graffiti writers from the Bronx.
They become frustrated when a rival gang defaces their latest masterpiece and so plot revenge by attempting to tag an iconic landmark: the giant red apple in the New York Mets baseball stadium.
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Hide AdTo realise their dream, they need to raise 500 dollars to pay a security guard to smuggle them into the complex.
Over the course of two days, Malcolm and Sophia pull of underhand schemes to raise the cash, including the attempted theft of a necklace belonging to a rich girl, Ginnie (Zoe Lescaze), who buys drugs from Malcolm, then cruelly mocks him in front of her gal pals.
Released: May 3 (UK & Ireland, selected cinemas), 79 mins