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‘This Is England’ Director Shane Meadows Wraps Production on First Feature in 17 Years: Runaway Road Trip Movie ‘Chork,’ Co-Written by Jack Thorne
'This is England' director Shane Meadows has wrapped his first feature in 17 years with Chork, a road trip movie he co-wrote with Jack Thorne
Set and shot along the East coast of England, from Kent through Lincolnshire and up to Scotland, “Chork” follows fifteen-year-old Kit and eleven-year-old Ani as they leave their foster home and trek across the coastline in hopes of a brighter future. Louise Ortega, senior production and development executive at the BFI, described “Chork” as a “typically funny, urgent and heartfelt state of the nation piece” seen through the lens of two young girls on a “messy ride” through Britain. “Shane, his cowriter Jack Thorne, his producers Ben, Lauren, Amy and Cathy and their skilled crew of collaborators are weaving irreverent magic which asks timely questions.
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