Babylon
Nov 07 1980
•2h 35m
•Drama
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.
Cast
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Brinsley Forde
Blue
Trevor Laird
Beefy
Karl Howman
Ronnie
Brian Bovell
Spark
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