"You've got the Whites – they're a collective. Then there's the Asians – they're unified. And then there's us. Divided. It's deep."

David and Natasha – a young man and a young woman in love.

Two families implacably opposed. Sound familiar?

But in this case the families have never even met each other. One is African and one is Jamaican, and that's enough for them. Intractable prejudice and stereotyping over rides rationality, and they will do anything to end a relationship they consider will only hurt there children and shame the family.

Torn tells a familiar story against an unfamiliar backdrop – inter-racial conflict in our black communities.