WMSE presents Friday Night Freak Show: Babylon

UR 1980 Franco Rosso 95m

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Description

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism.

Year
1980
Length
95 minutes
Language
English
Rating
UR
Country
United Kingdom
Director
Franco Rosso
Producer
Gavrik Losey
Writers
Martin Stellman, Franco Rosso
Starring
Brinsley Forde, Trevor Laird, Karl Howman
Cinematographer
Chris Menges
Editor
Thomas Schwalm

The Pitch

A new restoration of this 1980 British cult classic makes plain that its themes of disaffection and racial discord in south London are still relevant nearly four decades later.

Chicago Reader Leah Pickett