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Monday, October 1, 2012

Babylon (1980)










































Starring:
The story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems, and has his friendships tested by racism

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Rappin' (1985)









































Starring:


Storyline
Just out of jail, John Rappin Hood (Van Peebles) returns to his old neighborhood to find it threatened by a money-grubbing developer and a vicious gang leader. To save the homes of his family and friends and win the heart of the girl he loves, Hood rallies his gang of fast-talking friends to fight back, not with their fists but with their streetwise rap!