Son of Mine
This touching and candid film follows Darcus Howe as he attempts to understand and come closer to his troubled youngest son, as well as face up to his own failings as a father.
The outspoken broadcaster and social commentator Darcus Howe is no stranger to controversy or tackling issues head on, but in Son Of Mine, his most personal documentary to date, he finally meets his match - in the form of his own troubled youngest son.
When Darcus Howe started this film, his twenty-one year old son Amiri was in serious trouble. He'd been caught handling stolen passports and shoplifting. He'd been accused of attempted rape. He wrote obsessive hip-hop lyrics about shooting and killing.
"Shit just attracts to us, man," Amiri confides to the camera, with disturbing pride.
