TV series

Home Turf

2019 · 1 season

A tender, prickly coming-of-age story about girls learning to trust each other, with moments of friction and warmth.

Overview: Soon after arriving from Africa, Sahara, a mixed-race 15-year-old, is driven by CPS to a foster home in the suburbs. At the house, run by “Auntie,” she finds four teenage girls who object to her presence and make her life miserable. But, little by little, the girls form an unlikely sisterhood.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, tense and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Found family, identity, isolation, coming-of-age
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: found family
identity
isolation
coming-of-age
family
Places: suburbs
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild