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Babylon

1980, Movie, NR, 95 mins

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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 everyone connected with the movie must be congratulated for slicing life so well. Regrettably, the odds of seeing this interesting film uncut on TV are slim and the odds of finding it in any theater are even slimmer. A compelling look at a world most of us would never know. leave a comment
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