Blue Story

"[Onwubolu] makes a sensational directorial debut with this moving, urgent, energetic drama (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"An intriguing proposition: all that energy and raw talent poured into a highly conventional story (...) There’s something about Blue Story which is infectious" 

"[An] explosive debut (...) [Onwubolu] invigorates the material with an authentic sense of place and a formal conceit that involves Onwubolu, as Rapman, wandering into frame and launching into hefty wedges of exposition rap (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" 

"Onwubolu avoids the usual flash and posturing in favour of a careful, rooted storytelling, finding subtly different perspectives on gang life (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" 

"In its elegant grit and volatile vibe, 'Blue Story' recalls the powerful inner-city tales that dotted the American film landscape of the early ’90s" 

"While the rough-hewn filmmaking occasionally reveals Rapman's lack of experience working with a larger cinematic canvas, 'Blue Story' boasts an immediacy and energy that perfectly suit the material." 

"It has a powerful sense of place, with details that feel authentic and, in some cases, lived through. Yet Rapman’s civic-minded lyrics (...) have a habit of reducing the drama to tidy morals."