TEN FILMS EVERY BLACK BRIT SHOULD SEE
A list of films Black British people really should see.
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- DirectorJames ClavellStarsSidney PoitierJudy GeesonChristian RobertsIdealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.
- StarsGeorge HarrisChristine LahtiWarren ClarkeA black policeman is promoted to the CID and battles the drug trade in London's East End.
- DirectorHorace OvéStarsT-Bone WilsonTrevor ThomasArchie PoolA siege situation develops when an attempted robbery of a restaurant goes wrong.
- DirectorFranco RossoStarsDavid N. HaynesTrevor LairdVictor Romero EvansThe movie centres around Brindsley Forde's character Blue. He fronts a reggae sound system based in South West London (Brixton). The film captures the trials and tribulations of young black youths in troubled London in the early eighties.
- DirectorNoel ClarkeStarsNoel ClarkeScarlett Alice JohnsonAdam DeaconThe story revolves around Sam who is released from prison and has to face the people he hurt on a daily basis.
- DirectorSaul DibbStarsAshley WaltersLuke FraserLeon BlackIn one of East London's most volatile neighborhoods, pride, rivalry and revenge are the only codes on the street. Touted as a British Boyz in the Hood, Bullet Boy is a gripping and authentic drama that takes an unflinching look at two troubled, street-smart boys. Fresh out of jail, 18-year-old Ricky (Ashley Walters, Get Rich or Die Tryin') and his 12-year-old brother, Curtis, struggle to walk the straight and narrow when a minor street clash escalates into an all-out neighborhood war. For Ricky and Curtis, friendships, family and loyalty will be tested to the extreme in a world where guns are a fact of everyday life and boys try to be men before they're even teenagers. Music by Massive Attack.
- StarsNaomie HarrisHugh QuarshieRuth WilsonA gentle Jamaican woman reunited with her husband in post-World War II London encounters both racism and homesickness as she adjusts to her new life.
- DirectorMoody ShoaibiStarsMark TonderaiNathan ConstanceDavid OyelowoA kidnap caper of a dog to make some much needed cash to pay off some outstanding debts goes wrong...with not so hilarious consequences.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsSean ConneryHarry AndrewsIan BannenIn a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.
- DirectorAmma AsanteStarsGugu Mbatha-RawMatthew GoodeEmily WatsonThe biracial daughter, Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), of Royal Navy Captain Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode) is raised by aristocratic Great-uncle Lord William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) in 18th century England.