Babylon

Babylon

6.9IMDb Score
Released:1980-11-07
Genre:Drama
Duration:95 min
Director:Franco Rosso
Actors:Brinsley Forde, Trevor Laird, Karl Howman, Brian Bovell, Victor Romero Evans
Production:Diversity Music
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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.

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