Youth culture meets identity politics in this part-thriller, part-gay love story set in London in 1977, days before the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations. The hedonistic world of pirate DJs Chris and Caz is shattered when a close friend is killed while cruising in the local park. The black community suspect the National Front, but the police pull Chris in as a suspect. This beautifully crafted period piece, a bold and stylish debut feature from Isaac Julien, paints a convincing picture of late-'70s London. The city is a carefully mapped out social landscape, open to all but offering safety to none, as we are taken to a Dalston barber, east London council estates festooned with Union Jacks, West End offices, soul clubs and city parks.
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Young Soul Rebels
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P. Funk Wants To Get Funked Up
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Parliament:
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Identity
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Rock Creek Park
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Running Away
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I Like It
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Party Time
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Let's Get It Together
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Don't Let It Go To Your Head
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Time Is Moving On
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Oh Bondage Up Yours
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One Nation Under A Groove
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Me & My Baby Brother
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Police & Thieves
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You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
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Message In Our Music
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Let The Music Play
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