Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
As a youth worker, Henry Blake (director of COUNTY LINES) has firsthand experience of UK's illegal drug networks, and the widespread effects of child exploitation and abuse on communities.
About COUNTY LINES
Obeying the rule 'write what you know', former youth worker turned filmmaker Henry Blake turns in an original, stylish debut feature which premiered at the 2019 BFI London Film Festival.
COUNTY LINES exposes the titular urban-to-rural drugs network which exploits children for use as couriers – children like Tyler (Conrad Khan), adrift and so perfect a target for Simon (Harris Dickinson) to charm, befriend, and recruit. Tyler's rapid apprenticeship propels the story, which is persuasively brutal and corrosive. But Blake’s film is authentic and sensitive too, and beneath it all, has huge heart and unexpected optimism.
Learn more:
https://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/dissenters-lovers-ghosts-new-british-cinema-in-cinemas/county-lines/
Check out our Dissenters, Lovers and Ghosts: New British Cinema season at ACMI:
https://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/dissenters-lovers-ghosts-new-british-cinema-in-cinemas/
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As a youth worker, Henry Blake (director of COUNTY LINES) has firsthand experience of UK's illegal drug networks, and the widespread effects of child exploitation and abuse on communities.
About COUNTY LINES
Obeying the rule 'write what you know', former youth worker turned filmmaker Henry Blake turns in an original, stylish debut feature which premiered at the 2019 BFI London Film Festival.
COUNTY LINES exposes the titular urban-to-rural drugs network which exploits children for use as couriers – children like Tyler (Conrad Khan), adrift and so perfect a target for Simon (Harris Dickinson) to charm, befriend, and recruit. Tyler's rapid apprenticeship propels the story, which is persuasively brutal and corrosive. But Blake’s film is authentic and sensitive too, and beneath it all, has huge heart and unexpected optimism.
Learn more:
https://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/dissenters-lovers-ghosts-new-british-cinema-in-cinemas/county-lines/
Check out our Dissenters, Lovers and Ghosts: New British Cinema season at ACMI:
https://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/dissenters-lovers-ghosts-new-british-cinema-in-cinemas/
___________________________________________
Let's talk about the future of screen culture.
ACMI is Australia’s only national museum of film, TV, videogames, digital culture and art. Every donation, large or small, helps us inspire the next generation of storytellers, coders, makers, watchers and players.
DONATE: https://tickets.acmi.net.au/donate/i/23
Follow us
Facebook: facebook.com/acmionline
Instagram: instagram.com/acmionline
Twitter: twitter.com/ACMI
www.acmi.net.au
#countylines #HenryBlake #Britain
