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Director & Producer | Howard Johnson |
| Film Editor & Producer | |
| Sound Editor & Re-recording Mixer | |
| Online Editor & Colourist | Laura Castelli |
| Music | Kidco and Tribel |
| Production Assistant | Julian Johnson |
Camera |
Francois Coppey
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Sound Recording |
David Mingay
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Feb 2008: Guns in the Afternoon selected to be screened at the Bergamo Film Meeting on 14th March 2008
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Howard Johnson and Daniel Greenway attend the |
Sep 2008: Guns in the Afternoon screened at the Portobello Film Festival in London and the Bite The Mango film festival in Bradford.
©Film For Real 2008
Guns in the Afternoon tells the story of Kieron Bernard, a.k.a. Kidco: leader of a crew of gangster rappers who went to public school. Born the eldest son of a single mother with nine children, he was brought up in a West London council estate. He lived for music and imbued himself in American gangster rap culture. Kieron was the leader and inspiration for his crew of rappers, who called themselves 'Tribel'.
He loved his mother more than life itself and all he wanted was to make her happy. He had made numerous trips to the United States of America, working on his new album, and was due to sign a record contract the day he was killed.
He died in a shootout in a Nandos chicken restaurant in Shepherds Bush on 30th January 2002 after an argument over his haircut. His music prophetically expressed the hiphop life he led until his untimely death. He was 25 years old.
Using his rap music as soundtrack, the film depicts the two different ways his family and his crew members deal with the tragedy of his senseless death. It explores the underworld of the urban black youth and the nihilistic world they occupy.