| Title: | Babylon | |
| Director 1: | Franco Rosso | |
| Country: | UK | |
| Year: | 1980 | |
| length: | 90 mins | |
| Colour/b-w: | colour | |
| Genre: | feature film | |
| Screenwriter: | Martin Stellman, Franco Rosso | |
| Cinematographer: | Chris Menges | |
| Editor: | Thomas Schwalm | |
| Producer: | Gavrik Losey | |
| Production company: | Chrysalis Film/Diversity Music/National Film | |
| Cast: | David N. Haynes, Trevor Laird | |
| Location: | TABB | |
| TABB No.: | 33 | |
| Synopsis: | This is the story of West Indian youths living in London. Blue, the protagonist, prepares for an upcoming sound system competition in his Rastafarian community. Blue's love of music is one of the few positive outlets in his life in working-class London. But in an environment in which he experiences the racism, violence and hatred of white people, it is increasingly difficult for him to keep up his optimism. | |
| Keyword 1: | West Indian | |
| Keyword 2: | youth | |
| Keyword 3: | music | |
| Keyword 4: | reggae | |
| Keyword 5: | Rastafarianism | |
| Keyword 6: | crime | |
| Keyword 7: | violence | |
| Keyword 8: | racial conflict | |
| Keyword 9: | London | |
| Keyword 10: | racism | |
| Keyword 11: | black | |
| Text Reference 1: | Representation and Blacks in British Cinema | |
| Text Reference 2: | Bidding for the Mainstream? Black and Asian British Film since the 1990s | |
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