The film, set on the Cape Flats and in Pollsmoor prison, is based on the life of scriptwriter John W. Fredericks. Noem My Skollie tells the story of four teenagers, AB and his three best friends Gimba, Gif and Shorty who - despite their circumstances - try to avoid the gangsters who infiltrate their daily lives. Eventually the now older AB and Gimba are arrested while breaking into a shop, and sentenced to two years in jail. In the vicious world of prison, AB decides to use his storytelling tale