Reggae in a Babylon

19781978
PG-13PG-13
55m

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6.7/10

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The young, gifted and black generation of the 70's who started the British Reggae movement is captured in this unique documentary. Groove to the smooth sounds and see rare footage.The young, gifted and black generation of the 70's who started the British Reggae movement is captured in this unique documentary. Groove to the smooth sounds and see rare footage.The young, gifted and black generation of the 70's who started the British Reggae movement is captured in this unique documentary. Groove to the smooth sounds and see rare footage.

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6.7/10

154

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- Wolfgang Büld
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The Dexter Road [Brixton, South London] seen within this film no longer exists. Since the filming of this documentary, much regeneration has happened. The Dexter Road [Harefield, North West London] that exists [today] has no connection with the film here.

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Ku Klux Klan
(Island Records)
(1978)
Written by David Hinds
Performed by Steel Pulse

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9/10

Interesting and historically informative film.

I watched this film and enjoyed listening to early British reggae and especially the interviews discussing the history of reggae and the influences and challenges of the early pioneers. It was fascinating to learn that reggae was originally a dance rather than a music genre, for example. Another nugget of trivia that I was unaware of was that the KKK actually visited Britain in the year after Steel Pulse released the song KKK. At only 49mins of playtime, there's never a dull moment and if ever you have an hour spare in the day but no longer then put this on if you haven't seen it already. Currently available on NetFlix, at least in the U. K.

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