Grifting

Oscar is a comedy writer with his best years firmly behind him. Once part of a hugely successful black British TV sketch troupe in the late 90s, and with his co-stars’ careers far outstripping his, he’s now making his living stoking the culture wars as a rightwing radio host. After a prickly first meeting, Bisola – an enterprising woman fresh off of a dating reality show and eager to pivot into acting from the unstable world of influencing – taps Oscar up for help writing jokes for an urban music award show she’ll be presenting. Through their writing sessions we peer into the ego of a man stuck in his past – soured by his politics and wider black society’s rejection of him, and full of passion with nowhere to put it. Will Oscar’s love for writing comedy – reawakened by his unlikely partner – be enough to help him move beyond his bitterness?