Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is probably best known for his roles in front of the camera. He’s an actor that has been in a number of great films and TV series. But for “Farming,” he goes behind the camera to tell the incredible true story of his childhood in the film “Farming.”
As seen in the trailer, Akinnuoye-Agbaje didn’t have the easiest time as a child. When he was a young boy, his Nigerian father and mother “farmed” him out to a white family in the UK to provide a better life for him. This wasn’t an isolated case, either, as this sort of farming happened to thousands of children in the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. And unfortunately, even though he might have had a better life in the UK, the young boy was the subject of intense racism and harassment, leading him to struggle with his identity.
The film stars Kate Beckinsale, Damson Idris, John Dagleish, Jaime Winstone, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. As mentioned, “Farming” is written and directed by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Obviously, you’re probably most familiar with Akinnuoye-Agbaje as an actor, who has been seen in films such as “Thor: The Dark World,” “The Bourne Identity,” and “Suicide Squad,” as well as his short, but memorable, run as Mr. Eko on “Lost.”
“Farming” arrives in select theaters and On Demand on October 25.
Here’s the synopsis:
Based on his own life story, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s FARMING charts the extraordinary journey of a young Nigerian boy who is fostered (Farmed) out to a white couple, struggles to find an identity and falls in with a skinhead gang in 1980’s England. Told with brutal honesty, FARMING is an unflinching autobiographical portrait of a young man who must battle the odds and realize that, in a world of hate, his toughest battle will be learning to love himself.
