Bexley director’s new film Remember Us tackles racism and dementia

A Bexley director has started work on a feature film tackling racism and dementia.

Remember Us follows the story of a black teenager named Lucas, played by Feisal Bizimana, who is sentenced to community service for attempting to shoplift alcohol.

As part of his community service Lucas finds himself at the house of an elderly widowed man, Mr Miller, played by Rob Trend, who is suffering from dementia.

The two characters begin to slowly bond as Mr Miller realises that Lucas needs some guidance in life, and the pair learn a great deal from each other, despite being generations apart.

But Lucas finds himself being pulled between two different worlds – the world of crime where he must prove his loyalty to his friends or a world of promise, friendship and love.

Director Kaitlyn Boxall said: “The inspiration stemmed from my desire to portray underrepresented topics such as dementia and discrimination.

“My concept has been to show this through a close bond between two different generations.

“It is written in an intensely unique form, tackling dementia in ways no other film has ever done.

“The film also shows a contrast between different types of discrimination in Britain’s modern-day society.”

The film stars Frank Harper as Lucas’ community service supervisor Steve, who is best known for his “hard man” roles in Football Factory and Guy Ritchie’s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

This is not Ms Boxall’s first time tackling hard-hitting topics.

Last year she directed Behind Closed Doors which was released in May 2021, inspired by her mother’s experience of alleged domestic violence and the impact of Covid-19 on those stuck in abusive relationships.

It tells the story of Lisa Crawford, played by Holly Prentice, who is trapped in an abusive marriage.

She made her first film Someone Like You, about a loved one killed in a knife attack, in 2019.