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Young Soul Rebels

1991, Movie, NR, 103 mins

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The debut feature from director Isaac Julien, YOUNG SOUL REBELS is a fascinating look at British culture in the late 1970s, especially its music and politics. But it's also curiously uninvolving on an emotional level, mainly for its awkward attempt to stuff its impulses and ideas into a creaky genre thriller plot. Julien, whose documentary LOOKING FOR LANGSTON created controversy for its focus on poet Langston Hughes's homosexuality, seems to be looking for a middle ground h... read more leave a comment
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From the moment Parliament s P-Funk Wants To Get Funked Up erupts over the opening of Young Soul Rebels, we know we re in for a wild ride. The changes keep coming as an interracial sex act in the bushes turns into a murder, setting off a police investigation and waves of controversy in London s black community. The year is 1977, and while some people are busy getting ready to celebrate Queen Elizabeth s Silver Jubilee, others have more important things on their minds. Punks and Teds, National Front and Natty Dreads are fighting in the streets, and the authorities seem more interested in harassing the victim s friends than in solving the crime.
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Young Soul Rebels movie trailer - starring Dorian Healy. Directed by Isaac Julien. Genre: Drama Rating: R
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Length: 02:19
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Year: 1991
Rated NR

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Cast
Valentine Nonyela: Chris
Mo Sesay: Caz
Dorian Healy: Ken
Sophie Okonedo: Tracy
Jason Durr: Billibud
Frances Barber: Ann

 

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