In the 1950s, ex-boxer Norman Alonso is a determined and humble Jamaican who has immigrated to Britain with his wife and children to secure a brighter future. At the turn of the millennium, Jesse McCarthy seeks a fresh start in London, escaping a broken immediate family, a repressive religious community and his depressed hometown in the industrial Black Country. Follow nineteen-year-old Jesse as he grapples with his racial and sexual identities against the backdrop of his Jehovah's Witness upbringing.
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