Writer, producer and director, Sunu Gonera says that his film Riding with Sugar is the" tale of a young black man searching for meaning and identity in a world turned against him. To belong and be loved. This is a story unapologetically African, with all its flaws, hopes and dreams. This is a story of grace, grace being the power that will save this broken world".
It is also a story set against the backdrop of the exciting world of BMX racing following the “tumultuous and precarious quest for BMX glory of two young men who escape the brutal child soldier controlled Zimbabwean regime only to find themselves as undesired refugees in the harsh drug-ridden streets of Cape Town”.
The film boasts a strong cast which includes Hakeem Kae-Kazim (Black Sails, Pirates of the Caribbean, X-Men, Hotel Rwanda), Charles Mnene (The Bill, Holby City, Doctors,Ahead of the Class), Simona Brown (Guilt and Roots, Him) and Brendon Daniels (League Of Glory, Madame and Eve, Five Fingers For Marseilles).
Watch the trailer right here – it debuts on Netflix on the 27th November.
