REGGAE IN A BABYLON

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SUMMARY:
The young, gifted and black generation of the 70's who started the British Reggae movement are captured in this unique documentary. With rare footage of Steel Pulse, Aswad, Jimmy Lindsay and the early sound system kings.

DIRECTED BY: Wolfgang Büld
PERFORMANCE / INTERVIEWS, Approx. 80 Minutes, 1978

DETAILED SYNOPSIS:
The final part of German director, Wolfgang Büld’s, trilogy of England’s revolution rock in the late 1970’s. The young, gifted and black generation of Thatcher’s Britain fused the revolutionary zeal of Punk with their Rastafarian roots to create a new sound system that defined their struggle. Reggae was the savior in their modern ‘Babylon’ and this acclaimed Film charts the birth of urban, British Reggae at its very birth.

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