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Babylon

1980 · 95 min

A tense, immersive snapshot of racist London that pulses with reggae and simmers with frustration and resilience.

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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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • race
  • identity
  • class
  • music
  • power
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Franco Rosso
Written by
Martin Stellman, Franco Rosso
Starring
Brinsley Forde, Trevor Laird, Karl Howman, Brian Bovell, Victor Romero Evans, David N. Haynes, Archie Pool, T-Bone Wilson
Cinematography
Chris Menges
Runtime
95 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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