The Beaten Track

#29 - Movie Night / Babylon (1980)


Listen Later

In this week's episode, we ventured into the world of music in cinema with Babylon, a cult classic based upon Jamaican sound system culture in 1980s London. The film focuses on the racism, poverty, and, police brutality experienced by the black Caribbean community in Thatchers Britain. There's also a fantastic score from Dennis Bovell that provides a pulsating soundtrack for this incendiary drama.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Beaten TrackBy Louis and Joe