Movie
Babylon
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1980-11-07
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Diversity Music
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Brinsley Forde as Blue
- Trevor Laird as Beefy
- Karl Howman as Ronnie
- Brian Bovell as Spark
- Victor Romero Evans as Lover Boy
- David N. Haynes as Errol
- Archie Pool as Dreadhead
- T-Bone Wilson as Wesley
- Mel Smith as Alan
- Mark Monero as Carlton
- Beverly Michaels as Elaine
- Yvonne Agard as Mrs Watts
Crew
- Franco Rosso - Director
- Martin Stellman - Writer
- Franco Rosso - Writer
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