Babylon (1981)

RATING:	100%
FORMAT:	DVD

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A great British film taking an impressionistic look at Black South London life that still perfectly-resonates today in suggesting the necessary impossibility of social cohesion.

The film’s lack of Political Correctness means the story is told realistically and without self-indulgence. Given that Whites made this, it is a surprisingly-astute vision; albeit one lacking first-hand experience.

The filmmakers are lucky with their actors – all of whom are excellently-expressive of their roles because their performances come from direct experience of the White Babylon – especially endemic UK police White supremacy. This is an all-too-eerie prediction of the Brixton riot that exploded soon after it was made, this movie encapsulates the reasons for the troubles and the fact that White supremacy proves a culture unhappy enough with itself to seek scapegoats.

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