Director Kibwe Tavares’ debut feature film, The Kitchen, continues to resonate with audiences and critics alike. After debuting at #1 on Netflix UK, and #3 globally, in January, the film garnered critical acclaim from the likes of Mark Kermode. Rounding it up alongside some of the most groundbreaking sci-fi stories of recent years, The New York Times has identified it as a must watch sci-fi film to stream right now.  

Journalist Elisabeth Vincentelli connected to Tavares world-building, commenting that “the term [world-building] is often used in relation to settings that are distant in space or time, and quite remote from our present circumstances. ‘The Kitchen’ is a social dystopia set in near-future London so the differences with our reality are relatively minor, but they are very effectively deployed.” 

The film follows Izi and Benji as they navigate a dystopian, near-future, London in which all social housing has been eliminated. All housing, that is, apart from the Kitchen, a community that refuses to abandon their home.

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