Excellent film about Rastafarians, whites, and everyone else in the reggae underbelly of London. Rosso manages to cram a lifetime of excitement into 95 minutes. You'll recognize no one in the movie and that's what will make it seem more like a documentary than a drama. Although racial
tension enters into the story, it is by no means the
raison d'etre and it is treated as an element of a drama, not as the core. The story has to do with two rival musical groups battling against each other in a reggae competition. The characters who interact with the protagonist (Forde) and the
events that take place (murder, mugging, beating, mayhem, etc.) are all so real that...
Released:
1980
Rated:
NR
Length:
95 mins