Babylon (1980) – Nostalgia Central

Babylon It is the story of a group of young people who live in a black ghetto in southern London (the movie was filmed at the site inside and around Deptford, Lewisham and Brixton) – a frustrating and depressed place where music provides the only comfort of their surroundings.

The central number is the blue, which Brenley Ford plays, guitarist and singer Grocery And the preceding child series for the TV child Here, Come Dickens, double (1970 – 1971).

Blue is attached to the Rastavari faith with a free and easy -to -life look, which is a car exhaust in a garage during the day and “toaster” (saving vocal improvisation) for “ITAL Lion” – an ambitious sound system that plays a registered Regi from Jamaican studios – at night.

Ital Lion is in the semi -finals of the “Battle of Voices” competition to get the best most inspiring tunes and chickpeas.

In the final match, they have to face Jah Shaka, near the cylinder-the master of the sound system that does not seem unavailable.

The film follows the events in the days preceding the final.

The troubles are escalating when Blue loses his daily function without any other reason except for refusing to dispense with his lunch hour for covering up a mistake committed by his white boss, who booked more in cars than repair than it can be managed in one day.

He has a problem at home. He does not continue with Wesley (T Bony Wilson), the man who lives with his mother (Cenatia Powell), and even took his younger brother to school, proves dangerous and unitary.

There is a burning hostility from the egg -overlooking apartments overlooking the late Lockup garage under the railway bridge where the blue and lion crew keep their sound system equipment and Rigi late at night. A woman, is surprised by the folder, the mouths of racism.

In the background, the national front feed is looming fatefully. It is a hint of distant thunder. A storm is approaching. . .

When walking to the house late at night, Blue finds a load of Yobis on the zos behind him.

Run, running away from the back streets, and it appears to be evading it. But a few minutes later, they were riding, being removed, beating-and handcuffing, because these special iodine are clear policemen, claiming to implement the law and order.

It is almost the only actual violence in the movie. BEPY (Trevor LairD) – He is a member of ITAL Lion – threatens to explode in the slightest provocation, but in the end, it is blue that kicks against the White world – does exactly what he urged not to do and regret him with blind anger after some national supporters in the front breaks a housing lock Sound equipment.

The last straw of blue comes when his only true white friend, Rooney (Karl Human), becomes a scapegoat for NF verbs. This is directed by revenge by stabbing someone despair after he was attacked.

Then he makes his way to the final sound system, which is already running upon arrival.

He is tired of “taking the licking”, the microphone takes over and explodes his message to children in an unambiguous and uncompromising way: “We cannot take more of that !!”

The last scene has the police that comes on the door as it comes to demand a blue color to stab it from white racism.

In a rebel gesture, many young people join the competition to “firmly stand”! While they fly themselves in the final confrontation.

Director and co -author Franco Rousseau, He was born in Italy but grew up in London, and she waited for five years for filming Babylon. The idea was initially imagined as a BBC possible Play today But it was never used. The book (Franco and Martin Stellman) decided then to do so Full feature film.

The film is undoubtedly authentic. He even uses sub -elements in places to help viewers who are not on Western India by birth or extracting to understand what is said at times.

The film – made for only 300,000 pounds – picks up the frustrations and persecution that many young British suffer due to their skin color. However, it is not in itself frustrating or dark but is full of life and humor – if not much hope.

when Babylon It was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 1980, and international critics praised it as one of the most powerful new films that appear from Britain.

blue
Princess Ford
Airol
David n. Heinz
fat
Trefor Laard
Lover
Victor Romero Evans
world
Brian Boville
Wager
Archie Pool
Ronnie
Karl Human
Eileen
Beverly Michaels
Fat girl
Ann Denkan
Sandra
Beverly Dublin
Party organizer
The voices of the king
mama
Cenatia Powell
Wesley
T-bone wilson
Carlton
Mark Monero
now
Mel Smith
Fat Larry
Stefan Calibha
wolf
Malcolm Friedrich
spooky
Patrick Worm
Fence
Anthony Trent
William
Donovan Platt
Robert
Alan Igbun
Mrs. WhatsApp
IPhone Ajd
Sandra’s father
Granville Garner

exit
Franco Rousseau